Plestiodon ochoterenae

Plestiodon ochoterenae, also known commonly as the Guerreran skink and el eslaboncillo de Guerrero in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Scincinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Mexico.

Etymology

Plestiodon ochoterenae is named after Mexican biologist Isaac Ochoterena Mendieta (1885–1950).

Taxonomy

A 2021 study determined that Plestiodon ochoterenae is most closely related to Plestiodon longiartus.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Plestiodon ochoterenae is forest.

Reproduction

Plestiodon ochoterenae is ovoviviparous.

References

Further reading

• (Eumeces ochoterenae, pp. 19–20).
• (Eumeces ochoterenae, new species, pp. 129–133, unnumbered drawing, two views of head).