Plestiodon longirostris

Plestiodon longirostris

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 longirostris

Name

• Plestiodon longirostris Cope, 1861: 313

Syntypes (2): ANSP 9352-53.

Type locality: “Bermuda.”

Combinations

• Eumeces longirostris — Cope, 1900: 631 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. On the Reptiles of Sombrero and Bermuda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 312–314. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Plestiodon longirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Conyers, J. & Wingate, D. 1996. IUCN: Plestiodon longirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T8218A12900393. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8218A12900393.en

Vernacular names

English: Longnose/Bermuda Skink

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