Plestiodon obsoletus

Plestiodon obsoletus

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 obsoletus

Name

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

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

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Second Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 125–129. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Plestiodon obsoletus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Plestiodon obsoletus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64235A12757151. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64235A12757151.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Spitzkopfskink
English: Great Plains Skink
Nederlands: Prairieskink