Plestiodon lotus
Plestiodon lotus · described by PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, MENDOZA-HERNÁNDEZ, CENTENERO-ALCALÁ, SANTA CRUZ-PADILLA & JIMÉNEZ-ARCOS 2017
Pictured: Plestiodon anthracinus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The facts
- Scientific name
- Plestiodon lotus
- First described
- PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, MENDOZA-HERNÁNDEZ, CENTENERO-ALCALÁ, SANTA CRUZ-PADILLA & JIMÉNEZ-ARCOS 2017
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Plestiodon
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.