Plestiodon lotus

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 lotus

Name

• Plestiodon lotus Pavón-Vázquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernández, Centenero-Alcalá, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jiménez-Arcos, 2017: 156

Holotype: MZFC-HE 30621, adult ♂.

Type locality: “5.6 km N Xixila, Municipality of Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico, 17°59'42" N, 98°50'32" W (datum = WGS84), 1525 m elevation”

References

Primary references

• Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Mendoza-Hernández, A.A., Centenero-Alcalá, E., Santa Cruz-Padilla, S.A. & Jiménez-Arcos, V.H. 2017. A New Species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Balsas Basin, Mexico. Zootaxa 4365(2): 149–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Plestiodon lotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2018.