|
''Plestiodon multivirgatus'', the many-lined skink, is a medium-sized species of lizard, a member of the North American skink genus ''Plestiodon''. ==Taxonomy== The taxonomy of this species is somewhat unclear, even amongst researchers. Most commonly, two subspecies are recognized: * ''P. m. multivirgatus'' (Hallowell, 1857) – northern many-lined skink * ''P. m. epipleurotus'' (Cope, 1880) – variable skink The latter is sometimes treated as a separate species ''Plestiodon epipleurotus'' or ''Plestiodon gaigeae'' (Taylor, 1935), or given as the subspecies ''P. m. gaigeae''. These last two scientific names are in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige (1890–1976) of the University of Michigan.〔Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Eumeces multivirgatus gaigeae'', p. 97).〕 ''P. m. epipleurotus'' is also called the two-lined skink. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plestiodon multivirgatus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|