''Plestiodon dugesii'', also known
commonly as Dugès' skink, Duges's skink, and ''eslabon'' in Mexican Spanish, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to
Mexico.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''dugesii'', is in honor of French-born Mexican naturalist
Alfredo Dugès, who is considered to be the "father" of Mexican herpetology.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 p. . (''Eumeces dugesii'', p. 76).]
Geographic range
''P. dugesii'' is found in central Mexico, in the Mexican States of
Guanajato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
and
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''P. dugesii'' is forest, at altitudes above .
Reproduction
''P. dugesii'' is ovoviviparous.[
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References
Further reading
* Thominot A (1883). "''Note sur un Reptile d'espèce nouvelle provenant du Mexique et appartenant du genre'' Eumeces (Plestiodon)". ''Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris, Septième série'' 7: 138–139. (''Eumeces dugesii'', new species). (in French).
* Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus ''Eumeces'' Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". ''Hamadryad'' 28 (1–2): 73–89. (''Plestiodon dugesii'', new combination).
* Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'' (199): 1–253. (''Eumeces dugesii'', p. 169).
*Taylor EH (1943). "Mexican Lizards of the Genus ''Eumeces'', with Comments on the Recent Literature on the Genus". ''University of Kansas Science Bulletin'' 29 (5): 269–300. (''Eumeces dugesii'', pp. 279–280).
dugesii
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1883
Taxa named by Alexandre Thominot
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