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Plestiodon  A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181672

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Neoseps Stejneger, 1910
  
  Common Name(s): toothy skinks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyScincinae Oppel, 1811  
                                     GenusPlestiodon A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839 – toothy skinks  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Plestiodon anthracinus Baird, 1849 – Coal Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon barbouri (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Barbour's Eyelid Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon bilineatus (Tanner, 1958)  
                                        Species Plestiodon brevirostris (Günther, 1860) – Shortnose Skink, Eslizón chato 
                                        Species Plestiodon callicephalus (Bocourt, 1879) – Mountain Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon capito (Bocourt, 1879) – Gail's Eyelid Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1838) – Chinese Blue-tailed Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon colimensis (Taylor, 1935) – Colima Skink, Eslizón de Colima 
                                        Species Plestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933) – Cope's Skink, Eslizón de Cope 
                                        Species Plestiodon coreensis (Doi and Kamita, 1937) – Smith's Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon dicei (Ruthven and Gaige, 1933)  
                                        Species Plestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883) – Duges' Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon egregius Baird, 1858 – Mole Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887) – Shanghai Elegant Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Five-lined Skink, Common Five-lined Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon finitimus Okamoto and Hikida, 2012 – Far Eastern Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896) – Gilbert's Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon indubitus (Taylor, 1933)  
                                        Species Plestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor, 1932) – Southeastern Five-lined Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon japonicus (Peters, 1864)  
                                        Species Plestiodon kishinouyei (Stejneger, 1901) – Kishinoue's Giant Skink, Japanese Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon kuchinoshimensis Kurita and Hikida, 2014  
                                        Species Plestiodon lagunensis (Van Denburgh, 1895) – San Lucan Skink, Eslizón de San Lucas 
                                        Species Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) – Broadhead Skink, Broad-headed Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon latiscutatus Hallowell, 1861 – Far Eastern Skink, Japanese Five-lined Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon leucostictus (Hikida, 1988) – Chinese Blue-tailed Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon liui (Hikida and Zhao, 1989)  
                                        Species Plestiodon longiartus García-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Feria-Ortiz and Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2021  
                                        Species Plestiodon longirostris Cope, 1861 – Longnose Skink, Bermuda Skink, Bermuda Rock Lizard 
                                        Species Plestiodon lotus Pavón-Vázquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernández, Centenero-Alcalá et al., 2017  
                                        Species Plestiodon lynxe (Wiegmann, 1834) – Oak Forest Skink, Eslizón encinero 
                                        Species Plestiodon marginatus Hallowell, 1861 – Ousima Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon multilineatus (Tanner, 1957) – Chihuahuan Skink, Eslizón de Chihuahua 
                                        Species Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1857 – Many-lined Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon nietoi Feria-Ortiz and García-Vázquez, 2012  
                                        Species Plestiodon obsoletus Baird and Girard, 1852 – Great Plains Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon ochoterenae (Taylor, 1933) – Guerreran Skink, Eslizón guerrerense 
                                        Species Plestiodon oshimensis (Thompson, 1912) – Ousima Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon parviauriculatus (Taylor, 1933) – Northern Pigmy Skink, Eslizón pigmeo-norteño 
                                        Species Plestiodon parvulus (Taylor, 1933) – Southern Pigmy Skink, Eslizón pigmeo-del sur 
                                        Species Plestiodon popei (Hikida, 1989) – Pope's Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon quadrilineatus Blyth, 1853 – Hong Kong Skink, Four-striped Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1910) – Florida Sand Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1858 – Northern Prairie Skink, Prairie Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon skiltonianus Baird and Girard, 1852 – Western Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon stimpsonii (Thompson, 1912) – Stimpson's Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon sumichrasti (Cope, 1867) – Sumichrast's Skink, Eslizón listado 
                                        Species Plestiodon takarai Kurita, Ota and Hikida, 2017 – Senkaku Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon tamdaoensis (Bourret, 1937) – Vietnam Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon tetragrammus Baird, 1859 – Four-lined Skink 
                                        Species Plestiodon tunganus (Stejneger, 1924)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Plestiodon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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  Reference for: Plestiodon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: toothy skinks[English]   
       

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