San Lucan Skink

Taxobox
name = San Lucan Skink
status = EN
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Eumeces"
species = "E. lagunensis"
binomial = "Eumeces lagunensis"
binomial_authority = Van Denburgh, 1895The San Lucan Skink ("Eumeces lagunensis") is a skink (a type of lizard) native to the Baja California peninsula.

Together with the Western Skink ("E. skiltonianus"), Gilbert's Skink ("E. gilberti"), and the Four-lined Asiatic Skink ("E. quadrilineatus"), the San Lucan Skink belongs to the so-called "skiltonianus" group". The exact taxonomy within this group is being questioned and may need revision following DNA analysis research.

The San Lucan Skink occurs only on the southernmost tip of Baja California, in the mountains around La Paz. They tend to nest in the same areas as Western skinks, and are visibly similar.

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