Mesoscincus

Mesoscincus
	Mesoscincus schwartzei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Mesoscincus; Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000

Mesoscincus^[1] is a genus of lizards, comprising three species of skinks native to Mexico and Central America. The species were formerly included in the genus Eumeces.

Species

Mesoscincus altamirani (Dugès, 1891) – Tepalcatepec skink – Mexico
Mesoscincus managuae (Dunn, 1933) – Managua skink – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala^[2] and El Salvador
Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884) – Mayan black-headed skink, Schwartze's skink – Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoscincus.

^ Genus Mesoscincus at The Reptile Database.
^ Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Urbina, Antonio; Salazar, Gilberto (2010). "Geographic distribution: Mesoscincus managuae (Managua skink)". Herpetological Review 41 (1): 107.