Mesoscincus

Mesoscincus schwartzei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Mesoscincus
Species (3): M. altamirani – M. managuae – M. schwartzei

Name

Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000: 10

• Type species: Eumeces schwartzei Fischer, 1884, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Platypholis Dugès, 1891 [preoccupied by Platypholis Boulenger, 1890]
  • Type species: Platypholis altamirani Dugès, 1891, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Griffith, H., Ngo, A. & Murphy, R.W. 2000. A Cladistic Evaluation of the Cosmopolitan Genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-1-1-16 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Mesoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 August 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Central American Giant Skinks

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