Plestiodon longiartus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon longiartus

Name

Plestiodon longiartus García-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Feria-Ortiz & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2021: 86

• Holotype: MZFC-HE 28877 (field number OORH 59), adult ♂, collected by O.O. Rivera-Huerta, E. Pérez-Ramos, E. Centenero-Alcalá, and J.J. Avendaño-Pazos on 30 May 2013.
• Type locality: “from approximately 4 km southeast of Paraje Montero on Tlapa de Comonfort-San Luis Acatlán road, Guerrero, Mexico; 17.156°N, 98.691°W; datum ¼WGS84 in all cases; 2206 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• García-Vázquez, U.O., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Feria-Ortiz, M. & Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2021. A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Herpetologica 77(1): 85–93. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.85 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Plestiodon longiartus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2022.