Plestiodon ochoterenae

Plestiodon ochoterenae, the Guerreran skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Mexico.^[1][2] It is named after Isaac Ochoterena.^[2]

Plestiodon ochoterenae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. ochoterenae
Binomial name
Plestiodon ochoterenae (Taylor, 1933)
Synonyms[2]
Eumeces ochoterenae Taylor, 1933

A 2021 study determined that it is most closely related to Plestiodon longiartus.^[3]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Plestiodon ochoterenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64236A12757258. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64236A12757258.en. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
2. Plestiodon ochoterenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2023.
3. García-Vázquez, Uri O.; Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J.; Feria-Ortiz, Manuel; de Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes (2021). "A new species of blue-tailed skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico". Herpetologica. 77 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.85. S2CID 232326866.