Plestiodon obsoletus

Plestiodon obsoletus

Taxonavigation edit

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 obsoletus

Name edit

Plestiodon obsoletus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

  • Holotype: USNM 3133, collected by John H. Clark, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Valley of the Rio San Pedro of the Rio Grande del Norte” [=Devils River], Texas.

Combinations edit

  • Plestiodon obsoletum Baird & Girard, 1852: 129 [original combination]
  • Eumeces obsoletusCope, 1875: 45 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

Deutsch: Spitzkopfskink
English: Great Plains Skink
Nederlands: Prairieskink