Plestiodon dugesii

Plestiodon dugesii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. dugesii
Binomial name
Plestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
Eumeces dugesii Thominot, 1883 Plestiodon dugesii — Schmitz, Mausfeld & Embert, 2004

Plestiodon dugesii, also known commonly as Dugès' skink, Duges's skink, and eslabon in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dugesii, is in honor of French-born Mexican naturalist Alfredo Dugès, who is considered to be the "father" of Mexican herpetology.[3]

Geographic range

P. dugesii is found in central Mexico, in the Mexican States of Guanajato and Michoacán.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. dugesii is forest, at altitudes above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. dugesii is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

1. Flores-Villela, O.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Plestiodon dugesii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64225A12755550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64225A12755550.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Plestiodon dugesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 p. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces dugesii, p. 76).

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).