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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Scincidae
Bibliography of the genus Mesoscincus
Biodiversity of the family Scincidae








Genus
Mesoscincus

Central American Giant Skinks

Zentralamerikanische Riesenskinke

Centralamerikanske Kæmpeskinker

1891 Platypholis Dugès [not Platypholis Boulenger 1890 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)] (type species: Eumeces altamirani Dugès 1891)
2000 Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy (type species: Eumeces schwartzei Fischer 1884)
Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The species of this genus were previously included in Eumeces (e.g., Taylor 1935; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970).
Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan), Nicaragua.

Mesoscincus altamirani

Tepalcatepec Skink

Tepalcatepec-Riesenskink

Tepalcatepec-kæmpeskink

1891 Eumeces altamirani Dugès
Mesoscincus altamirani Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000

Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan).


Mesoscincus managuae

Pacific Giant Skink

Pazifischer Riesenskink

Pacifisk Kæmpeskink

1933 Eumeces managuae Dunn
Mesoscincus managuae Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000

Distribution: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.


Mesoscincus managuae
© Henrik Bringsøe

Mesoscincus schwartzei

Yucatan Giant Skink, (Schwartze's Skink)

Yucatan-Riesenskink

Yucatan-kæmpeskink

1884 Eumeces schwartzei Fischer
Mesoscincus schwartzei Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000

Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan).