Mesoscincus

Mesoscincus<ref>Template:EMBL genus.</ref> is a genus of lizards, comprising three species of skinks native to Mexico and Central America. The species were formerly included in the genus Eumeces.

Species

• Mesoscincus altamirani Template:Small – Tepalcatepec skink – Mexico
• Mesoscincus managuae Template:Small – Managua skink – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala<ref>Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Urbina, Antonio; Salazar, Gilberto (2010). "Geographic distribution: Mesoscincus managuae (Managua skink)". Herpetological Review 41 (1): 107.</ref> and El Salvador
• Mesoscincus schwartzei Template:Small – Mayan black-headed skink, Schwartze's skink – Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoscincus.

References

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Further reading

• Griffith, Hugh; Ngo, André; Murphy, Robert W. (2000). "A Cladistic Evaluation of the Cosmopolitan Genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 7 (1): 1–16. (Mesoscincus, new genus).

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