Plestiodon copei, also known commonly as Cope's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Plestiodon |
| Species: | P. copei
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| Binomial name | |
| Plestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, copei, is in honor of Edward Drinker Cope, who was an American herpetologist and paleontologist.[3]
Geographic range edit
Native to central Mexico, P. copei is found in the Distrito Federal and in the Mexican states of México, Morelos,[1][2] Michoacán, Puebla, and Veracruz.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of P. copei is pine and pine-oak forest.[1]
Reproduction edit
P. copei is viviparous.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Flores-Villela, O.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Plestiodon copei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64224A12755384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64224A12755384.en. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Plestiodon copei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 September 2023.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces copei, p. 59).
Further reading edit
- Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". Hamadryad 28 (1–2): 73–89. (Plestiodon copei, new combination).
- Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Eumeces copei, p. 166).
- Taylor EH (1933). "Two New Mexican Skinks of the Genus Eumeces ". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 46: 129–138. (Eumeces copei, new species, pp. 133–136 + two drawings of head on p. 137).
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