Plestiodon nietoi

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon nietoi

Name

Plestiodon nietoi Feria-Ortiz & García-Vázquez, 2012: 58

• Holotype: MZFC 22249 (original number JCBH 115), adult ♂, collected by Jean Cristian Blancas Hernandez on 5 February 2007.

• Type locality: “La Llave, El Balcón, Ajuchitan del Progreso, Guerrero, México (17°37’21.9’’ N, 100°34’29.3’’ W) at 1831 m”.

• Etymology: The name is a patronym honoring Adrian Nieto Montes de Oca for his research on the herpetofauna of México, specifically with taxa from the families Polychrotidae, Teiidae, and Scincidae.

References

Primary references

• Feria-Ortiz, M. & García-Vázquez, U.O. 2012. A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, México. Zootaxa 3339(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3339.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Plestiodon nietoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2019.