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(in part); Feria-Ortiz 
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. (2011:40–41, 43–47, 50, Table 6) 
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(in part); Feria-Ortiz 
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from 
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graveyard (
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; 
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: 
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N La Escalera
</locationDeviation>
(
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)
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; 
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: 
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N 
<location id="8E8560564569D729FC696078FC3E993D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F3879B4566D72FFF5067BDFECA98D8:8E8560564569D729FC696078FC3E993D" box="[942,1015,260,285]" country="Canada" latitude="17.966946" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-98.843895" municipality="Municipality of Olinala" name="Xixila" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" stateProvince="GUERRERO">Xixila</location>
, 
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, 
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, 
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<quantity id="4CA29B684569D729FA856078FA55993C" box="[1346,1436,260,285]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.545" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" unit="m" value="1545.0">1545 m</quantity>
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elevation (
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)
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; 
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N 
<location id="8E8560564569D729FD6A605BFD3F9960" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F3879B4566D72FFF5067BDFECA98D8:8E8560564569D729FD6A605BFD3F9960" box="[685,758,295,320]" country="Canada" latitude="17.993334" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-98.850555" name="Xixila" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" stateProvince="GUERRERO">Xixila</location>
, 
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, 
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, 
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<quantity id="4CA29B684569D729FBF86054FB50991F" box="[1087,1177,296,320]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.49" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" unit="m" value="1490.0">1490 m</quantity>
</elevation>
elevation (
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)
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, 17°59'36'' N, 98°51'3'' W, 
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elevation (MZFC-HE 30625), 17°59'34'' N, 98°51'4'' W, 
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elevation (MZFC-HE 30626). 
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: 
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: 
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(
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; 
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<collectingCounty id="62844E014569D729FB2E6013FED1998D" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Municipality of Tepalcingo</collectingCounty>
: 
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, near 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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<quantity id="4CA29B684569D729FB8C60E8FB68998C" box="[1099,1185,404,428]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" unit="m" value="1420.0">1420 m</quantity>
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elevation (
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). 
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: 
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: 
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, 
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Tamazola, 
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, 
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, 
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elevation (
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</materialsCitation>
; 
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<location id="8E8560564569D729FD8860A0FC6399D5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F3879B4566D72FFF5067BDFECA98D8:8E8560564569D729FD8860A0FC6399D5" box="[591,938,476,501]" country="Canada" latitude="17.712778" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-98.20611" name="Municipality of Silacayoapam" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" stateProvince="Santiago">Municipality of Silacayoápam</location>
: 
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NE 
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Tamazola, 
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, 
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, 
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elevation (
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)
</materialsCitation>
. 
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<collectingRegion id="499EF86F4569D729FD2A637CFC979A38" box="[749,862,512,536]" country="Mexico" name="Puebla" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">PUEBLA</collectingRegion>
: 
<collectingCounty id="62844E014569D729FCAD6083FB4C9A38" box="[874,1157,511,536]" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Municipality of Chiautla</collectingCounty>
: 
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<quantity id="4CA29B684569D729FB56637CFB119A38" box="[1169,1240,511,536]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" unit="km" value="11.0">11 km</quantity>
ESE Chiautla de Tapia
</locationDeviation>
, dirt road to 
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</collectingMunicipality>
de los 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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elevation (
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.
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can be distinguished from the other members of 
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the 
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. 
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group as follows: from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FEFF6311FE0A9AA4" baseAuthorityName="Tanner" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[312,451,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bilineatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FEFF6311FE8F9AA4" box="[312,326,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE926310FE0A9AA4" box="[341,451,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">bilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FE3C6311FD879AA4" baseAuthorityName="Ruthven &amp; Gaige" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[507,590,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dicei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE3C6311FDC09AA4" box="[507,521,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDDF6310FD879AA4" box="[536,590,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dicei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the presence of a primary temporal (versus primary temporal absent in 89.4% [n = 52] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FEA063EDFE3B9A88" baseAuthorityName="Tanner" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[359,498,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bilineatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FEA063EDFEBC9A88" box="[359,373,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE4363ECFE3B9A88" box="[388,498,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">bilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 98% [n = 52] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FD2363EDFCFE9A88" baseAuthorityName="Ruthven &amp; Gaige" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[740,823,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dicei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD2363EDFD3B9A88" box="[740,754,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCC663ECFCFE9A88" box="[769,823,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dicei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); additionally from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FBDD63EDFB6D9A88" baseAuthorityName="Tanner" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[1050,1188,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bilineatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBDD63EDFBE19A88" box="[1050,1064,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBF163ECFB6D9A88" box="[1078,1188,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">bilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a tendency towards more Toe-IV lamellae (13–15 [X=̄13.81, n = 27], versus 11–13 [X=̄11.7, n = 54] in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FB0863C9FA939AEC" baseAuthorityName="Tanner" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[1231,1370,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bilineatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB0863C9FB149AEC" box="[1231,1245,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB2B63C8FA939AEC" box="[1260,1370,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">bilineatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF1063A5FEE49AD0" baseAuthorityName="Ruthven &amp; Gaige" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[215,301,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dicei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF1063A5FF2C9AD0" box="[215,229,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF3063A4FEE49AD0" box="[247,301,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dicei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the interparietal enclosed posteriorly by the parietals (versus interparietal not enclosed posteriorly by the parietals in 94.2% [n = 52] of specimens in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC8A6381FC569B34" baseAuthorityName="Ruthven &amp; Gaige" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[845,927,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dicei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC8A6381FC929B34" box="[845,859,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCAE6380FC569B34" box="[873,927,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dicei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D4569D729FF00625CFF309C5D" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF00625CFE499B18" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[199,384,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF00625CFE499B18" box="[199,384,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDD9625DFD779B18" box="[542,702,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDD9625DFDE59B18" box="[542,556,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDFA625CFD779B18" box="[573,702,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FD08625DFCE29B17" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[719,811,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="copei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD08625DFD149B18" box="[719,733,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD28625CFCE29B17" box="[751,811,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">copei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FCFA625DFC559B17" box="[829,924,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nietoi">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCFA625DFC829B18" box="[829,843,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC9A625CFC559B17" box="[861,924,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">nietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC69625DFB9F9B18" box="[942,1110,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ochoterenae">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC69625DFC759B18" box="[942,956,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC0A625CFB9F9B18" box="[973,1110,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">ochoterenae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FB5C625DFABF9B18" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[1179,1398,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parviauriculatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB5C625DFB609B18" box="[1179,1193,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB7C625CFABF9B18" box="[1211,1398,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">parviauriculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the primary lateral dark lines separated medially by the six median dorsal scale rows and upper half of the adjacent row on each side at the level of midbody (versus primary lateral dark lines separated medially by the median six dorsal scale rows or less invariably in the other species, except for 9.01% of the specimens [n = 122] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF5062CDFEFD9BE8" box="[151,308,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF5062CDFF6C9BE8" box="[151,165,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF7362CCFEFD9BE8" box="[180,308,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); additionally from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDDA62CDFD729BE8" box="[541,699,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDDA62CDFDE29BE8" box="[541,555,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDFC62CCFD729BE8" box="[571,699,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FD0B62CDFCEF9BE7" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[716,806,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="copei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD0B62CDFD139BE8" box="[716,730,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD2E62CCFCEF9BE7" box="[745,806,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">copei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FCF162CDFC149BE8" box="[822,989,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ochoterenae">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCF162CDFC8D9BE8" box="[822,836,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC9362CCFC149BE8" box="[852,989,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">ochoterenae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FBD962CDFB3F9BE8" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[1054,1270,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parviauriculatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBD962CDFBE59BE8" box="[1054,1068,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBFB62CCFB3F9BE8" box="[1084,1270,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">parviauriculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the interparietal enclosed posteriorly by the parietals (versus interparietal not enclosed posteriorly by the parietals in 82.64% [n = 122] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FE426285FDEA9C30" box="[389,547,1016,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE426285FE5A9C30" box="[389,403,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE656284FDEA9C30" box="[418,547,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 96.77% [n = 62] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FCD56285FCA29C2F" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[786,875,1016,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="copei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCD56285FCE99C30" box="[786,800,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCE86284FCA29C2F" box="[815,875,1016,1039]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">copei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 85.71% [n = 7] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FB8A6285FB3A9C30" box="[1101,1267,1016,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ochoterenae">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB8A6285FB929C30" box="[1101,1115,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBAD6284FB3A9C30" box="[1130,1267,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">ochoterenae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 97% [n = 27] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF256561FE709C14" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[226,441,1052,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parviauriculatus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF256561FF399C14" box="[226,240,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF396560FE709C14" box="[254,441,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">parviauriculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDF86561FD149C14" box="[575,733,1052,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDF86561FD849C14" box="[575,589,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD9B6560FD149C14" box="[604,733,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FD2C6561FCF69C14" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[747,831,1053,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="copei">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD2C6561FCF69C14" box="[747,831,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P. copei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC466561FC149C14" box="[897,989,1053,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nietoi">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC466561FC149C14" box="[897,989,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P. nietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a faint lower secondary dark line at the level of the neck (versus lower secondary dark line conspicuous at the level of the neck in the other species).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34065064569D72CFF0065F4FB5A99F0" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="162" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BE5368D4569D729FF0065F4FEC09E9C" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF0065F4FEB79C80" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[199,382,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF0065F4FEB79C80" box="[199,382,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDDC65F5FD799C80" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[539,688,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colimensis">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDDC65F5FDE09C80" box="[539,553,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDFD65F4FD799C80" box="[570,688,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">colimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having limbs that do not overlap when adpressed against the body (versus limbs overlapping when adpressed against the body in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC7965D1FB9D9CE4" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[958,1108,1196,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colimensis">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC7965D1FC059CE4" box="[958,972,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC1965D0FB9D9CE4" box="[990,1108,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">colimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), a tendency towards fewer longitudinal dorsal scale rows around midbody (23–26 [X= ̄24.43, n = 14], versus 26–28 [X= ̄27, n = 4] in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FA4065ADFEC49D2C" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1935" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colimensis">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FA4065ADFA5C9CC8" box="[1415,1429,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF506588FEC49D2C" box="[151,269,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">colimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and a tendency towards fewer Toe-IV lamellae (13–15 [X=̄13.81, n = 27], versus 13–17 [X=̄15.38, n = 8] in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF386465FE589D10" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1935" box="[255,401,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colimensis">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF386465FEC49D10" box="[255,269,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FEDC6464FE589D10" box="[283,401,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">colimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FE2F6465FD9C9D10" box="[488,597,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dugesii">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE2F6465FE3F9D10" box="[488,502,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDC36464FD9C9D10" box="[516,597,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dugesii</emphasis>
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by having four supraoculars (versus three in 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB946465FBA89D10" box="[1107,1121,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBB76464FB089D10" box="[1136,1217,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">dugesii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FAD06465FA529D10" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[1303,1435,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indubitus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FAD06465FAEC9D10" box="[1303,1317,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FAF46464FA529D10" box="[1331,1435,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF0D6440FE8B9D74" authorityName="Duméril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1839" box="[202,322,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF0D6440FE8B9D74" box="[202,322,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Plestiodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. Colima-Jalisco by having a solid lateral light line at level of neck (versus lateral light line replaced by a series of scales with white anterior edges and centers and black posterior borders in 90.91% [n = 33] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF7164F9FEF29DBC" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[182,315,1412,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indubitus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF7164F9FF0D9DBC" box="[182,196,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF1464F8FEF29DBC" box="[211,315,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 100% [n = 35] of 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD8764F8FD719DBC" box="[576,696,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">Plestiodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. Colima-Jalisco); additionally from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FBB364F9FB309DBC" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[1140,1273,1412,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indubitus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FBB364F9FB4B9DBC" box="[1140,1154,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FB5664F8FB309DBC" box="[1169,1273,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the light coloration of the supralabials extending to the lip border (versus light coloration separated from lip border on the sixth and seventh supralabials); from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDB464B1FCC09DC4" box="[627,777,1484,1508]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="lynxe" subSpecies="belli">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDB464B1FD489DC4" box="[627,641,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FD5664B0FCC09DC4" box="[657,777,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">lynxe belli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCCD64B0FCC79DC4" box="[778,782,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">,</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCD064B1FCEC9DC4" box="[791,805,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FCF164B0FCF79DC4" box="[822,830,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">l</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC8964B0FC409DC4" box="[846,905,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">lynxe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC0364B1FBAC9DC4" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[964,1125,1484,1508]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sumichrasti">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC0364B1FC1B9DC4" box="[964,978,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC2564B0FBAC9DC4" box="[994,1125,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">sumichrasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the interparietal enclosed posteriorly by the parietals (versus interparietal not enclosed posteriorly by the parietals in 100% [n = 36] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FF726769FED39E0C" box="[181,282,1556,1580]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="lynxe" subSpecies="belli">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF726769FF0A9E0C" box="[181,195,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF156768FF139E0C" box="[210,218,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">l</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF2F6768FED39E0C" box="[232,282,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">belli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 94.74% [n = 92] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FDC16769FDBD9E0C" box="[518,628,1556,1580]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="lynxe" subSpecies="lynxe">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDC16769FDDD9E0C" box="[518,532,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDE46768FDE29E0C" box="[547,555,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">l</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FDFE6768FDBD9E0C" box="[569,628,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">lynxe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 85.71% [n = 21] of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FC566769FBF99E0C" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[913,1072,1556,1580]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sumichrasti">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC566769FC569E0C" box="[913,927,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FC6A6768FBF99E0C" box="[941,1072,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">sumichrasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and lacking a light median line in all growth stages (versus dorsum bearing a light median line that is conspicuous in juveniles and faint in large adults); and from 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FE996721FE159E54" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[350,476,1628,1652]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvulus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FE996721FEA59E54" box="[350,364,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FEBD6720FE159E54" box="[378,476,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">parvulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a relatively long dorsolateral light line extending posteriorly to the anterior fourth of the body or beyond (versus dorsolateral light line extending barely posteriorly past the shoulder in 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4569D729FA4067FDFF309E9C" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="157" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parvulus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FA4067FDFA5C9EB8" box="[1415,1429,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF5067D8FF309E9C" box="[151,249,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">parvulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D4569D729FF0067BBFE659F99" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4569D729FF0067BBFD889EC0" bold="true" box="[199,577,1735,1760]" pageId="8" pageNumber="157">
Description of 
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(
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).
</emphasis>
Adult male with both hemipenes partially everted. Snout–vent length (SVL) 
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; distance between tip of snout and anterior margin of orbit 
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, between tip of snout and anterior insertion of fore-limb 
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; trunk length 
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; head width 
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; head length 11.0 mm; tail complete, 
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in length. Limbs moderate in length, fingertips of fore-limb and hind limb separated from each other when limbs adpressed against body; straightened fore-limb (from base to tip of longest finger) 
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(28% SVL), straightened hind limb (from base to tip of longest toe) 
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(29.3% SVL); outer posterior tubercles of wrist and palm enlarged.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4568D728FF5066D3FEDB9FE5" bold="true" box="[151,274,1967,1989]" pageId="9" pageNumber="158">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E4568D728FEDE66D3FE749FE5" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[281,445,1967,1989]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="158" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F4568D728FEDE66D3FE749FE5" box="[281,445,1967,1989]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="158">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, head of holotype (MZFC-HE 30621) in (A) dorsal, (B) right lateral, and (C) ventral views. Scale bars = 5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BE5368D456BD72BFF0061E4FE199BA0" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="159">
Snout rounded in dorsal and lateral view. Rostral 1.8 × wider than high, in broad contact with supranasals posteriorly; supranasals 1.2 × wider than long, in broad contact with each other and each with nasal, right supranasal with short oblique suture separating its posterolateral corner from rest of scale; frontonasal 1.8 × wider than long, posterior margin v-shaped, in contact with prefrontals posteriorly; prefrontals in contact with each other medially, 1.1/1 × wider than long, posterior margins v-shaped, in contact with first supraocular, anterior and posterior loreals, and first superciliary; frontal large, elongate, hexagonal, 
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wide, 
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long; in broad contact with prefrontals; in narrow contact with first and third supraoculars and wide contact with second supraocular on left side, in broad contact with second supraocular and narrow contact with third supraocular on right side; and in broad and narrow contact with frontoparietals and interparietal, respectively; frontoparietals narrowly separated from each other medially, in contact with third and fourth supraoculars laterally, and parietals and interparietal posteriorly; supraoculars four; first supraocular smaller than second and third, in lateral contact with first and second superciliaries; second supraocular largest, in lateral contact with second, third, fourth, and fifth superciliaries; third supraocular in lateral contact with fifth and sixth superciliaries; fourth supraocular smaller than second and third, in contact with sixth and seven superciliaries laterally and parietal posteriorly; interparietal small (
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wide, 
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long), slightly elongate, kite-shaped, in contact with parietals laterally and posteriorly; pineal foramen barely visible; parietals large, elongate, obliquely oriented, in medial contact with each other posteriorly, in contact with last superciliary, upper postsubocular, and upper secondary temporal laterally on each side, and in contact with left anterior nuchal on left side and both anterior nuchals on right side posteriorly; two pairs of large nuchals, scales of each pair in medial contact with each other; anterior nuchals 2.3/2.2 × wider than long; posterior nuchals 4.3 × wider than long; anterior nuchals in contact with parietals, upper secondary temporal and upper tertiary temporal.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456BD72BFF0062F0FACC9E0C" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="159">Nasal divided in anterior and posterior halves, in contact with rostral; loreals 2/2; anterior loreal 1.7/1.2 × higher than long, divided horizontally on left side, in contact with first and second supralabials, posterior nasal, and posterior loreal; posterior loreal 1.3/1.4 × longer than high, notably larger than anterior loreal, in contact with anterior presubocular and second and third supralabials; preoculars 1/1, small; presuboculars 2/2, anterior presubocular in contact with third and fourth supralabials, posterior presubocular in contact with fourth and fifth supralabials; superciliaries 7/7; first superciliary largest, in contact with preocular ventrally; second to fifth superciliaries gradually becoming shorter and lower posteriorly; sixth superciliary nearly as high as fifth, horizontally elongate; last superciliary higher than anterior ones except first; upper palpebrals 9/10; lower palpebrals 10/11; lower eyelid movable; no transparent window in lower eyelid; 5/5 enlarged rectangular scales on lower eyelid; postoculars 2/2, small; postsuboculars 3/4; first postsubocular in contact with fifth and sixth supralabials, second postsubocular in contact with sixth supralabial and primary temporal, third postsubocular in contact with primary temporal and upper secondary temporal on left side, in contact with primary temporal on right side; fourth postsubocular on right side in contact with primary temporal and upper secondary temporal; temporal formula 1 + 2 + 1; primary temporal in contact with upper secondary temporal and sixth and seventh supralabials; upper secondary temporal large, in contact with tertiary temporal, lower secondary temporal, and sixth supralabial; lower secondary temporal vertically elongate, approximately as large as primary temporal, smaller than upper secondary temporal, separated from primary temporal by contact between upper secondary temporal and seventh supralabial; tertiary temporal large, 1.8/2.6 × higher than long; supralabials 7/7, first four gradually becoming lower posteriorly; fifth and sixth similar in size, larger than first four; seventh largest; postlabials 2/2.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456BD72BFF00674BFC6B9E9D" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="159">Mental 2.5 × wider than long; infralabials 7/7; postmental larger than mental, in contact with anteriormost three and two infralabials on left and right side, respectively; three pairs of enlarged chinshields; first pair in broad contact with each other medially, second pair separated by one midgular scale, third pair separated by three midgular scales; scale bordering postgenial medially wider than long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456BD72BFF0067BBFE799FB4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="159">
External ear opening rounded, smaller than eye opening, without lobules or spines; body scales smooth or barely striated, arranged in 28 longitudinal rows around neck just anterior to forearm, in 24 rows around midbody, in 13 rows around base of tail; dorsals in 51 transverse rows from nuchals to level above vent, subequal in size to ventrals; scales of limbs smooth or barely striated as in body; digits short; supradigital scales in one row; subdigital lamellae counts (following 
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): hand: 
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/9.
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<paragraph id="8BE5368D456BD72BFF0066DCFC919FFD" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="159">Median enlarged preanal scales nearly twice as wide as adjacent ventrals; first two transverse subcaudal rows as large as ventrals, remaining subcaudals about twice as wide.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456AD72AFF0061EBFA8D9BE8" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456AD72AFF0061EBFD849890" bold="true" box="[199,589,151,176]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">
Color in preservative (
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).
</emphasis>
Middorsal light area olive (Greenish Olive 125); bordered on each side by dorsolateral light line (latter lines fusing with each other anteriorly on rostral and supranasals). Dorsolateral light lines light gray (Dark Pearl Gray 290), occupying lower half of second and upper half of third dorsal scale rows at level of midneck; occupying lower half of second, third, and upper half of fourth dorsal scale rows at midbody; gradually fading posteriorly to hind limbs. Upper secondary dark line dark brown (Sepia 279), bordering dorsolateral light line medially; solid, continuous on neck and anterior fourth of body; replaced by series of dark speckles on head, posterior three-fourths of body, and anterior half of tail; occupying upper half of second dorsal scale row at level of midneck; occupying middle portion of second dorsal scale row at level of midbody. Primary lateral dark line light brown on head (Dark Brownish Olive 127), darkening posteriorly (Sepia 279); beginning anteriorly on posterior nasal and ending posteriorly at level of hind limbs; bordering dorsolateral light line laterally; occupying lower half of third, fourth and fifth, and upper half of sixth dorsal scale rows at level of midneck; occupying lower half of fourth, fifth, and upper half of sixth dorsal scale rows at level of midbody. Lateral light line bluish gray (Pratt’s Payne’s Gray 293), bordering primary lateral dark line ventrally, partially fused at level of neck with light ventral coloration, but clearly comprising lower half of sixth and nearly all of seventh scale row; becoming indistinguishable from light ventral coloration at level of anterior insertion of fore-limb. Light ventral coloration light cream (Light Buff 2); fusing with dorsolateral light line on rostral and nasal; extending dorsally to mid supralabials (i.e., no discernible lateral light line on supralabials) at level of head, bordering lateral light line and primary lateral dark line ventrally at levels of neck and body, respectively; lateral borders throughout body and medial surface of posterior three-fourths of body heavily suffused with bluish gray (Pratt’s Payne’s Gray 293). Dorsal surface of limbs olive (Greenish Olive 125); ventral surface of fore-limbs and hind limbs light cream (Light Buff 2) and bluish gray (Pratt’s Payne’s Gray 293), respectively. Dorsal and lateral surfaces of anterior half of tail olive (Greenish Olive 125) and bluish gray (Pratt’s Payne’s Gray 293), respectively; dorsal and lateral surfaces of posterior half of tail dark gray (Medium Plumbeous 294); ventral surface of tail light cream (Light Buff 2).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456AD72AFF0062A8FE159CC8" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456AD72AFF0062A8FE769BCD" bold="true" box="[199,447,980,1005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">
Color in life (
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).
</emphasis>
The present section is based on photographs of the 
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in life. Dorsal surface of head, mid-dorsal light area, and anterior portion of tail ranging from brownish silver to metallic gold, posterior border of each scale dark; dorsolateral light line broad, faint, yellowish cream, somewhat diffuse in large specimens; narrower, conspicuous, clear-cut in small ones; primary lateral dark line dark brown; lower portion of supralabials yellowish cream, suffused with orange in males; lateral light line light gray; infralabials and gular region yellowish cream, suffused with orange in males; ventral surface of body light gray with suffusion of light blue; ventral surface of anterior portion of tail light gray with suffusion of orange; posterior portion of nonregenerated tail electric blue.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456AD72AFF006588FD479E0D" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456AD72AFF006588FDA89D2D" bold="true" box="[199,609,1268,1293]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">Variation (measurements in mm).</emphasis>
Noteworthy variation in the 
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series (n = 14, including 
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456AD72AFAD36588FAB19D2D" box="[1300,1400,1268,1293]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) is described below. The 
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456AD72AFE65646BFDCD9D10" box="[418,516,1303,1328]" pageId="11" pageNumber="160" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
is included to ease comparison with other species. The diagnostic traits of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456AD72AFF506440FE829D74" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,331,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="160" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456AD72AFF506440FE829D74" box="[151,331,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were observable in specimen CNAR 1774, but considerable damage to the specimen prevented the recording of the number of supraoculars contacting the frontal, postsuboculars, postsuboculars contacting the sixth supralabial, and the presence or absence of contact between the upper postsubocular and the upper secondary temporal. Thus, CNAR 1774 is excluded from the reported variation in those traits. Additionally, the following characters could only be recorded on the left side: number of superciliaries, scales contacting the upper secondary temporal between the upper postsubocular and the first nuchal, postlabials, and the scales contacting both the upper secondary temporal and the upper postlabial.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456AD72DFF00674BFA9C99A8" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="12.[151,1442,151,608]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="161" pageId="11" pageNumber="160">Frontonasal absent in one specimen (CNAR 24264); frontonasal and frontal in contact in four specimens (CNAR 24265; MZFC-HE 24159, 30623–30624); supraoculars contacting frontal 2–3, X=̄2.88 (2/2 one; 3/2 one; 3/3 eleven, including holotype); postnasals present in one specimen (MZFC-HE 30622); anterior loreal divided horizontally on left side in one specimen (MZFC-HE 30621, holotype); contact between upper presubocular and third supralabial present on both sides in eleven specimens (including holotype), on left and right side in one specimen each, absent on both sides in one; superciliaries 6–8, X=̄7 (6/7 one; 7/7 eleven, including holotype; 7/8 one; 7 on left side of CNAR 1774); postsuboculars 3–5, X=̄3.77 (3/3 two; 3/4 one [holotype]; 4/3 two; 4/4 seven; 4/5 one); postsuboculars contacting sixth supralabial 2–3, X= ̄2.42 (2/2 seven, including holotype; 3/2 one; 3/3 five); primary temporal in dorsal contact with parietal, separating upper postsubocular from upper secondary temporal, on right side in one specimen (MZFC-HE 17503); sixth supralabial divided horizontally in one specimen (MZFC-HE 30622); scales contacting upper secondary temporal between upper postsubocular and first nuchal 3–5, X= ̄ 3.78 (3/3 three; 4/3 one; 4/4 eight, including holotype; 4 on left side of CNAR 1774; 5/4 one); seventh supralabial contacting upper secondary temporal in eight specimens (CNAR 24265; MZFC-HE 19787, 30620– 30621, 30623, 30625–30627), separated from each other by an extended lower secondary temporal in six (CNAR 1774, 6585, 24264; MZFC-HE 24159, 30622, 30624); postlabials 1–3, X= ̄1.89 (1/1 one; 1/2 one; 2/1 one; 2/2 nine, including holotype; 2/3 one; 2 on left side of CNAR 1774); scales as large as, or larger than, upper postlabial contacting it 2–5, X= ̄3.89 (2/4 one; 3/4 one; 4/2 one; 4/3 one; 4/4 seven, including holotype; 4 on left side of CNAR 1774; 5/4 one; 5/5 one); scales contacting both upper secondary temporal and upper postlabial 1–3, X= ̄ 2.41 (1/2 two; 2/1 one; 2/2 two; 2/3 one; 2 on left side of CNAR 1774; 3/2 one; 3/3 six, including holotype).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456DD72DFF0060E9FAB79A38" blockId="12.[151,1442,151,608]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161">
Transverse dorsal scale rows between nuchals and level above vent 51–57, X= ̄ 53.07 (51 four; 52 one [
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456DD72DFF5A60CBFEC199F0" box="[157,264,439,464]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
]; 53, four; 54, two; 55, two; 57, one); longitudinal dorsal scale rows around midbody 23–26, X=̄24.43 (23 two; 24 eight, including 
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456DD72DFE3260A0FD9399D5" box="[501,602,476,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; 26 four); Toe-IV lamellae 13–15, X= ̄ 13.81 (13/13 three, including 
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456DD72DFF506083FF349A38" box="[151,253,511,536]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; 13/14 one, 14/14 eight;14 on right side, non-recordable on left side, in MZFC-HE 19787; 15/15 one;).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456DD72DFF006358FCC09A40" blockId="12.[151,1442,151,608]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161">SVL 28.68–65.58, X=̄51.04; SVL / trunk length ratio 1.65–1.96, X=̄1.83; SVL / head length ratio 4.52–5.7, X=̄5.08; SVL / tibia length ratio 8.81–11.94, X=̄9.66.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BE5368D456DD72DFF5066EFFB549FC6" blockId="12.[151,1436,1939,2022]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456DD72DFF5066EFFEDA9F89" bold="true" box="[151,275,1939,1961]" pageId="12" pageNumber="161">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Paratypes of 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456DD72DFE6766EFFD8C9F89" box="[416,581,1939,1961]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="161">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in life. Specimens from: (A, B) the vicinities of the type locality, Olinalá, Guerrero (MZFC-HE 30624 and 30625, respectively); (C) Arcelia, Guerrero (MZFC-HE 19787); (D) Tepalcingo, Morelos (MZFC-HE 30622); (E) Silacayoápam, Oaxaca (MZFC-HE 30623); and (F) Chiautla, Puebla (MZFC-HE 30627).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF0061EBFB5A99F0" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">This paragraph is based on specimens preserved in ethanol and some lines are likely less discernible than in life. Upper secondary dark line extending posteriorly to posterior end of neck in one specimen (CNAR 6585), to forearms in nine (CNAR 1774; MZFC-HE 17503, 19787, 30621–30626), and to posterior end of anterior fourth of body in four (CNAR 24264–24265; MZFC-HE 30620, 30627); dorsolateral light line extending posteriorly to posterior end of anterior fourth of body in four specimens (MZFC-HE 30621, 30623–30625), to midbody in one (MZFC-HE 30622), to hind limbs in one (CNAR 24265), and to anterior portion of tail in eight (CNAR 1774, 6585, 24264; MZFC-HE 17503, 19787, 30620, 30626–30627); lateral light line extending dorsally to sixth scale row at level of mid-neck in 10 specimens (CNAR 1774, 6585, 24264–24265; MZFC-HE 19787, 30621–30622, 30624–30626), and to seventh scale row in four (MZFC-HE 17503, 30620, 30623, 30627).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3406506456CD72CFF0060A0FCCD9B85" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF0060A0FDDD9B17" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF0060A0FEF299D5" bold="true" box="[199,315,476,501]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Remarks.</emphasis>
The sample of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFE3E60A0FD7B99D4" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[505,690,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE3E60A0FD7B99D4" box="[505,690,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from near Arcelia, 
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(MZFC-HE 19787) is molecularly divergent from the other samples assigned to the species (see above). However, the specimen from Arcelia is not morphologically distinguishable from the other specimens assigned to 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFC0C6359FBE89A1C" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[971,1057,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC0C6359FC109A1C" box="[971,985,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC2C6358FBE89A1C" box="[1003,1057,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Furthermore, MZFC-HE 19787 represents the farthest record (ca. 
<quantity id="4CA29B68456CD72CFDE66334FDB09A40" box="[545,633,583,608]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" unit="km" value="140.0">140 km</quantity>
WNW in straight line) from the 
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locality of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFB706335FAC59A40" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[1207,1292,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB706335FB0C9A40" box="[1207,1221,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB116334FAC59A40" box="[1238,1292,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which may explain its genetic divergence from other samples. We were not able to obtain molecular data for specimen CNAR 6585, which is geographically intermediate between the specimen from Arcelia and the other sequenced samples of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFF5063C9FF209AEC" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[151,233,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF5063C9FF6C9AEC" box="[151,165,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF7463C8FF209AEC" box="[179,233,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Additionally, photographic records suggest 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFD2763C9FCFB9AEC" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[736,818,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD2763C9FD279AEC" box="[736,750,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD3B63C8FCFB9AEC" box="[764,818,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is widespread in the Balsas Basin (see below). Thus, it seems likely that the apparent divergence between the sample from Arcelia and the remaining samples of 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFAF663A5FA4B9AD0" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[1329,1410,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFAF663A5FAF69AD0" box="[1329,1343,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFA8B63A4FA4B9AD0" box="[1356,1410,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an effect of deficient sampling in areas where 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFD656381FD3C9B34" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[674,757,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD656381FD799B34" box="[674,688,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD796380FD3C9B34" box="[702,757,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is expected to occur. Therefore, we provisionally assign the specimen from Arcelia to 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFE7C625DFDC49B18" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[443,525,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE7C625DFE009B18" box="[443,457,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE10625CFDC49B18" box="[471,525,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF006238FCCD9B85" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
Specimens from 
<collectingRegion id="499EF86F456CD72CFE4D6238FE2E9B7D" box="[394,487,836,861]" country="Mexico" name="Morelos" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Morelos</collectingRegion>
assigned to 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFDBD6238FBCF9B7C" authority="brevirostris" authorityName="brevirostris (Gunther" authorityYear="1860" box="[634,1030,836,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="brevirostris" subSpecies="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFDBD6238FBCF9B7C" box="[634,1030,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon brevirostris brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or regarded as putative intergrades between 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFEC46215FE029BA0" authorityName="brevirostris (Gunther" authorityYear="1860" box="[259,459,872,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="brevirostris" subSpecies="brevirostris">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFEC46215FED89BA0" box="[259,273,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFEE16214FEFD9BA0" box="[294,308,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">b</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE8D6214FE029BA0" box="[330,459,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFDD76215FDD79BA0" box="[528,542,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFDF36214FD8B9BA0" box="[564,578,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">b</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD906214FD769BA0" box="[599,703,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 
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might represent 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFBAB6215FBB39BA0" box="[1132,1146,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB576214FB0F9BA0" box="[1168,1222,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see Discussion). Unfortunately, those specimens could not be examined.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3406506456CD72CFF0062D3FDFB9C30" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF0062D3FDFB9C30" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF0062D3FE879BE8" bold="true" box="[199,334,943,968]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific Latin name is treated as a participle in the nominative singular and means bathed, clean, elegant. It makes reference to the appearance of the new species, characterized by having fainter lines than its geographically closest congeners.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3406506456CD72FFF006560FECA98D8" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="163" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF006560FD4B9C80" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF006560FE3D9C15" bold="true" box="[199,500,1052,1077]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Distribution and ecology.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE3B6560FD7B9C14" box="[508,690,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from 
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elevation in the Balsas Basin of the Mexican states of 
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, 
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, 
<collectingRegion id="499EF86F456CD72CFDF8653CFD5F9C78" box="[575,662,1088,1112]" country="Mexico" name="Oaxaca" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Oaxaca</collectingRegion>
, and 
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. It appears to be widespread in the area and photographic records suggest it may also be present in the vicinities of Amatlán de Quetzalcóatl, northern 
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, and the Sierra de Nanchititla, western 
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</collectingRegion>
state.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72CFF0065D0FAB19D9F" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
The specimens of the new species were found in oak and tropical deciduous forests (
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). Most of them were found under rocks or fallen logs, while some were active on the leaf litter. 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC3965ACFB7C9CC8" box="[1022,1205,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
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appears to be more abundant in rocky hillsides with high tree density. Monthly surveys were conducted at the 
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locality and vicinities, where lizards were only seen between June and February. This suggests a reduction in activity in the warmer months (March to May) associated with the dry season. Vegetation at the 
<typeStatus id="54E1882F456CD72CFBE96441FB979D75" box="[1070,1118,1341,1365]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">type</typeStatus>
locality is oak forest, where 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF50641CFEBC9D58" box="[151,373,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Quercus glaucoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE44641CFE5E9D57" box="[387,407,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Q</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE62641DFDC09D58" box="[421,521,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">castanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFD82641CFD369D58" authorityName="Née" authorityYear="1801" box="[581,767,1376,1400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="magnoliifolia">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD82641CFD909D57" box="[581,601,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Q</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFDAF641CFD369D58" box="[616,767,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">magnoliifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
dominate the arboreal stratum. Climatic variables extracted from BioClim (
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Hijmans 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE6A64F9FE169DBC" box="[429,479,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">et al</emphasis>
. 2005
</bibRefCitation>
) are as follows: mean annual temperature is 22.7°C, mean temperatures of the warmest and coldest quarter are 25.2°C and 20.1°C, respectively, and the mean annual precipitation is 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE5368D456CD72FFF0064B0FECA98D8" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="14.[151,1436,151,248]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="163" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">
There is no direct evidence that 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFD8664B0FD309DC4" box="[577,761,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sympatric with other species of the genus. Seven other species of 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFEDE648CFE589E28" box="[281,401,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are found in 
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, 
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, 
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, and 
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, but they differ from 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFAE6648DFAE69E28" box="[1313,1327,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFA84648CFAB09E28" box="[1347,1401,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in elevational range and/or are distributed in different biogeographic provinces (
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). 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFBBB6768FAB69E0C" box="[1148,1407,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Plestiodon brevirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in mesic forest and xeric scrub at higher elevations of the Sierra Madre del Sur, the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, and the biogeographically complex intersection of this Belt with the Sierra Madre Oriental; 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB356721FAC99E54" box="[1266,1280,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFAD76721FA849E54" box="[1296,1357,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">copei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFA406721FA5C9E54" box="[1415,1429,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF5067FCFF369EB8" box="[151,255,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabit mesic forests at higher elevations of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, though 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB7067FDFB0C9EB8" box="[1207,1221,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFB1467FCFAF29EB8" box="[1235,1339,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">indubitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found fairly low in the Sierra de Taxco and the vicinities of Tepoztlán and Cuernavaca, where it probably comes into contact with 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFEF567B5FE899EC0" box="[306,320,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE9467B4FE409EC0" box="[339,393,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFE5A67B5FD899EC0" authority="lynxe" box="[413,576,1736,1760]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="lynxe" subSpecies="lynxe">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE5A67B5FE629EC0" box="[413,427,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE7967B4FD899EC0" box="[446,576,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lynxe lynxe</emphasis>
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inhabits a variety of habitats at usually higher elevations of the Central Mexican Plateau, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Transmexican Volcanic Belt; 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFAE66791FAE69F24" box="[1313,1327,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFA876791FA499F24" box="[1344,1408,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">nietoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in mesic forest at higher elevations of the Sierra Madre del Sur; 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC6A666DFC729F08" box="[941,955,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC0E666CFB9B9F08" box="[969,1106,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">ochoterenae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabits similar elevations to 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF506649FF6C9F6C" box="[151,165,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFF736648FF229F6C" box="[180,235,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Sierra Madre del Sur and both species probably come into contact in the continental slopes of the aforementioned sierra (e.g., near Chilapa de Álvarez, 
<collectingRegion id="499EF86F456CD72CFD386624FCA09F50" box="[767,873,1880,1904]" country="Mexico" name="Guerrero" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Guerrero</collectingRegion>
); and 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC776625FC779F50" box="[944,958,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC096624FB989F50" box="[974,1105,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">sumichrasti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in tropical forest at lower elevations of the Veracruzan province (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCB4B7C456CD72CFD696600FCBD9FB4" author="Feria" box="[686,884,1916,1941]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" refString="Feria Ortiz, M. (2011) Filogenia morfologica y molecular del grupo de especies Plestiodon brevirostris (Squamata: Scincidae). Ph. D. Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico, 147 pp." type="book" year="2011">Feria Ortiz 2011</bibRefCitation>
; Feria-Ortiz 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFBCB6601FB889FB4" box="[1036,1089,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">et al</emphasis>
. 2011; Feria-Ortiz &amp; García- Vázquez 2012; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFCB4B7C456CD72CFE9566DDFE0A9F98" author="Lee" box="[338,451,1952,1976]" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" refString="Lee, J. C. (2000) A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. The Lowlands of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, and Belize. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 402 pp." type="book" year="2000">Lee 2000</bibRefCitation>
; Pavón-Vázquez, pers. obs.). The skink 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFC6F66DDFB6D9F98" box="[936,1188,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">Marisora brachypoda</emphasis>
(Taylor)
</taxonomicName>
is found in sympatry with 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456CD72CFE8B66B9FE6C9FFC" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[332,421,1988,2012]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFE8B66B9FE939FFC" box="[332,346,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456CD72CFEA866B8FE6C9FFC" box="[367,421,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="162">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at the 
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locality and near 
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Tamazola, Oaxaca—and presumably in other localities—but differs in microhabitat preference favoring more open areas. 
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<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456FD72FFBCC61E4FAD39890" box="[1035,1306,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">Mesoscincus altamirani</emphasis>
(Dugès)
</taxonomicName>
is another skink that might be sympatric with 
<taxonomicName id="4C5A4D0E456FD72FFDBB61C1FD0798F4" authorityName="Pavón-Vázquez &amp; Oca &amp; Mendoza-Hernández &amp; Centenero-Alcalá &amp; Santa Cruz-Padilla &amp; Jiménez-Arcos" authorityYear="2017" box="[636,718,188,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Plestiodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="14" pageNumber="163" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotus">
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456FD72FFDBB61C1FD4398F4" box="[636,650,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456FD72FFD5F61C0FD0798F4" box="[664,718,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">lotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
<collectingRegion id="499EF86F456FD72FFD3661C0FC9F98F4" box="[753,854,188,212]" country="Mexico" name="Guerrero" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">Guerrero</collectingRegion>
(Mendoza Hernández 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456FD72FFB9261C1FB4C98F4" box="[1109,1157,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">et al</emphasis>
. 2011; 
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Jiménez-Arcos 
<emphasis id="B92EEA9F456FD72FFA4F61C1FF6498D8" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="163">et al</emphasis>
. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
).
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