Plestiodon anthracinus, the coal skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to the United States.
Plestiodon gilberti, commonly known as Gilbert's skink, is a species of heavy-bodied medium-sized lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and grows to about 7 to 12 cm in total length.
The four-lined skink is a species of lizard, which is endemic to North America. It is a medium-sized member of the Plestiodon skinks.
Plestiodon callicephalus, commonly known as the mountain skink, is a species of lizard, a medium-sized member of the Plestiodon skinks, endemic to North America.
Schmidly's deer mouse, is a recently described species of deer mouse from the mountains of western Mexico. It is part of the highly complex and well-studied Peromyscus boylii species complex. The uniqueness of Peromyscus from this area had long been suspected, but was only formalized in 2004 with the publication of its species description. The species was named in honor of David J. Schmidly, a mammalogist and former president of the University of New Mexico.
Plestiodon is a genus of lizards in the family Scincidae (skinks). The genus contains many species formerly classified under the genus Eumeces, except those now placed in Mesoscincus. They are secretive, agile animals with a cylindrical body covered with smooth, shiny scales. They are distributed from East Asia to throughout North America from southern Canada south to Mexico, including oceanic islands such as Bermuda.
Crotalus intermedius is a pit viper species found in central and southern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
The Durango chipmunk is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Scincella silvicola is a species of skink that lives in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental and northern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Mexico, from Puebla to Oaxaca. It occurs primarily in dry, scrubby areas and forests, especially pine forests. It is generally a common species and faces no major threats. It is most likely ovoviviparous.
The graceful mountain snake is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.
Plestiodon bilineatus, also known as the Mexican shortnose skink, or the two-lined short-nosed skink, is a species of lizard endemic to Mexico.
Plestiodon colimensis, the Colima skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Mexico.
Plestiodon dicei, or Dice's short-nosed skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Mexico. It was named in honor of Lee R. Dice, who collected the holotype in 1930 while conducting a faunal survey in the Sierra de San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It was considered a subspecies of Plestiodon brevirostris for many decades. Plestiodon dicei occurs in northeastern Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas, with isolated populations in the Sierra de San Carlos and the Sierra de Tamaulipas.
Plestiodon dugesii, also known commonly as Dugès' skink, Duges's skink, and eslabon in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Plestiodon multilineatus, the Chihuahuan skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Plestiodon nietoi is a species of skink. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Mexico.
Lepidophyma tarascae, the Tarascan tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico. It is currently known from two widely-separated locations in the State of Michoacán – near Playa Mexiquillo on the Pacific coast, and inland to the north in the Sierra de Coalcomán, a northwestern sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur. It inhabits forests and rocky areas.
Plestiodon longiartus is a species of skink which is endemic to Mexico.
Sarcohyla hapsa, the northern streamside tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Mexico.
Magnolia vazquezii is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero state in southern Mexico.
