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Plestiodon copei

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Species of reptile

Plestiodon copei
Geographic distribution of Plestiodon copei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: P. copei
Binomial name
Plestiodon copei
(Taylor, 1933)
Synonyms

Plestiodon copei, also known commonly as Cope's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, copei, is in honor of Edward Drinker Cope, who was an American herpetologist and paleontologist.

Geographic range

Native to central Mexico, P. copei is found in the Distrito Federal and in the Mexican states of México, Morelos, Michoacán, Puebla, and Veracruz.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. copei is pine and pine-oak forest.

Reproduction

P. copei is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Flores-Villela, O.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Plestiodon copei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64224A12755384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64224A12755384.en. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ^ Plestiodon copei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 September 2023.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces copei, p. 59).

Further reading

  • 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 copei, 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 copei, p. 166).
  • Taylor EH (1933). "Two New Mexican Skinks of the Genus Eumeces ". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 46: 129–138. (Eumeces copei, new species, pp. 133–136 + two drawings of head on p. 137).


Taxon identifiers
Plestiodon copei


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