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Taxonomy of the genus Eumeces Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Eumeces (Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Eumeces in general

Ballinger, R.E.; Coady, N.R.; Prokop, J.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 1992. Strike-induced chemosensory searching: variation among lizards. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 19: 43-47.

Barbour, T.; Carr, A.F. 1940. Eumeces in the Miami area. Copeia 1940: 129.

Bartlett, R.D. 1993. Thoughts on some skinks of the genus Eumeces. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 42(2): 132-142.

Eiselt, J. 1940. Der Rassenkreis Eumeces schneideri Daudin (Scincidae, Rept.). Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 131(9/10): 209-228.

Engels, W.L. 1949. The blue-tailed skinks (Eumeces) of two North Carolina coastal islands. Copeia 1949: 269-271.

Gassner, P.; Hauschild, A. 1997. Kosmopoliten, aber keine "Allerweltstiere": Skinke der Gattung Eumeces (Wiegmann, 1834). Reptilia (D) 2(4): 43-48.

Grant, C. 1957. Autophagy in Eumeces. Herpetologica 13: 156.

Griffith, H. 1990. Miniaturization and elongation in Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae). Copeia 1990(3): 751-758.

Griffith, H.; Ngo, A.; Murphy, R.W. 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 1-16.

Hamilton, W.J. 1948. Hibernation site of the lizards Eumeces and Anolis in Louisiana. Copeia 1948: 211.

Hikida, T. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the skinks of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae: Reptilia) from east Asia. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 1-21.

Hikida, T. 2006. [A replacement of the scientific name for Japanese skinks of the genus Eumeces]. (In Japanese). Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan 2006(2): 139-145.

Hikida, T.; Motokawa, J. 1999. Phylogeographical relationships of the skinks of the genus Eumeces (Reptilia: Scincidae) in East Asia. pp. 231-247. In: Ota, H. (ed.). Tropical island herpetofauna: origin, current diversity, and conservation. Developments in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 29: 1-353.

Jopson, H.G.M. 1938. Observation of the survival value of the character of the blue tail in Eumeces. Copeia 1938: 90.

Kato, J.; Nishida, M. 1991. [Genetic variation in skinks of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae: Squamata) in the Ryukyu Archipelago]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Magazine Okinawa 29: 11-19.

Loveridge, A. 1930. On some skinks of the genus Eumeces from North America. Copeia 1930(173): 111-112.

Mattison, C. 1982. The blue tailed skinks. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 47(7): 26-27.

McClellan, W.H. 1939. Some questions on Eumeces in Maryland. Bull. nat. Hist. Soc. Maryland 9(7): 59-62.

Mertens, R. 1920. Über die geographischen Formen von Eumeces schneideri Daudin. Senckenbergiana 2(6): 176-179.

Mertens, R. 1946. Dritte Mitteilung über die Rassen der Glattechse Eumeces schneideri. Senckenbergiana 27(2): 53-62.

Murphy, R.W.; Cooper, W.E.; Richardson, W.S. 1983. Phylogenetic relationships of the North American Five-lined Skinks, genus Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetologica 39(3): 200-211.

Noble, G.K.; Mason, E.R. 1933. Experiments on the brooding habits of the lizards Eumeces and Ophisaurus. American Museum Novitates 619: 1-29.

Patch, C.L. 1934. Eumeces in Canada. Copeia 1934: 50-51.

Sakaguchi, N.; Ono, Y. 1994. Seasonal change in the food habits of the Iriomote cat Felis iriomotensis. Ecological Research 9(2): 167-174.

Schmitz, A.; Mausfeld, P.; Embert, D. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28(1-2): 73-89.

Shibata, Y.; Hamano, S.; Ejima, M.; Matsuo, T. 1988. [First record of Dinodon orientalis from the Danjo Islands, Japan (Reptilia: Colubridae)]. (In Japanese, English summary). Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 42: 25-32.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Akhmetov, S.I. 1990. [Systematics and geographic variability of Eumeces schneideri (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1990(1): 23-28.

Taylor, E.H. 1935. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan scincoid lizards of the genus Eumeces. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 23: 1-643.

Taylor, E.H. 1935. Proposed changes in the nomenclature of the scincoid lizard genus Eumeces. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 38: 345-347.

Taylor, E.H. 1936. The rediscovery of the lizard Eumeces altamirani (Duges) with notes on two other Mexican species of the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 55-58.

Taylor, E.H. 1943. Mexican lizards of the genus Eumeces with comments on the recent literature on the genus. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29(5): 269-300.

Taylor, E.H. 1961. Some factors influencing distribution and speciation in the lizard genus Eumeces. Proceedings 9th Pacif. Sci. Congr. 1957. 19: 5-6.

Toyama, M. 1989. Distribution of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae: Lacertilia) in the Ryukyu Archipelago. pp. 262-267. In: Matsui, M.; Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. 521 pp.

Wever, E.G. 1973. The function of the middle ear in lizards: Eumeces and Mabuya (Scincidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 183(2): 225-240.

Xingman, B.H. 1932. A comparative study of the skull in the genus Eumeces of the Scincidae (a preliminary paper). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 20: 273-287.

Eumeces algeriensis

Caputo, V.; Odierna, G.; Aprea, G.; Capriglione, T. 1993. Eumeces algeriensis, a full species of the E. schneiderii group (Scincidae): karyological and morphological evidence. Amphibia-Reptilia 14(2): 187-193.

Darevsky, I.S. 1981. Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin 1802) - Tüpfelskink. pp. 355-365. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Gassner, P.; Hauschild, A. 1997. Kosmopoliten, aber keine "Allerweltstiere": Skinke der Gattung Eumeces (Wiegmann, 1834). Reptilia (D) 2(4): 43-48.

Katzenstein, H. 1967. Eumeces schneiderii algeriensis, der Berberskink. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 20: 185-186.

Legger-Leeuwarden, R. 1964. [De berberskink]. (In Dutch). Lacerta 22: 53-54.

Pallary, P. 1928. Sur trois petits vertebres du Maroc: le Xerus getulus, l'Eumeces algeriensis et le Lacerta perspicillata. Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Alger 19: 100-102.

Peerson, D.J. 1971. Reproduction, young, and feeding behavior of the North African skink, Eumeces algeriensis. Herpeton 6(1): 5-8.

Perera, A.; Sampaio, F.; Costa, S.; Salvi, D.; James, H.D. 2012. Genetic variability and relationships within the skinks Eumeces algeriensis and Eumeces schneideri using mitochondrial markers. African Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 69-80.

Stemmler, O. 1969. Zur Haltung des Berberskinks, Eumeces schneideri algeriensis Peters 1864. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 22: 26-27.

Struijk, R. 2002. Care and breeding of the Berber skink Eumeces [Novoeumeces] algeriensis (Peters, 1864). Reptilia (GB) 20: 16-22.

Struijk, R. 2002. Zur Pflege und Vermehrung von Berberskinken (Eumeces (= Novoeumeces) algeriensis Peters, 1864). Reptilia (D) 6(32): 28-34.

Struijk, R.; Bogaerts, S.; Kuehn, J. 2005. Haltung und Nachzucht des Berberskinks (Eumeces algeriensis Peters, 1864). Elaphe 13(2): 35-42, 45-48.

Eumeces blythianus

Finn, F. 1898. Note on a specimen of the rare scincoid lizard Eumeces blythianus (Anderson) from the Afridi Country. Proceedings As. Soc. Beng. 1898: 189-190.

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Nadeem, M.S.; Asif, M.; Mahmood, T. 2009. A rare skink, Novoeumeces blythianus, recorded from Nag valley, Kharan, Balochistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 41(5): 416-417.

Eumeces cholistanensis

Masroor, R. 2009. Description of a new species of Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 2161: 33-46.

Eumeces indothalensis

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Eumeces pavimentatus

Darevsky, I.S. 1981. Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin 1802) - Tüpfelskink. pp. 355-365. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Esterbauer, H. 1986. Zur Lebensweise von Eumeces schneiderii pavimentatus in Syrien. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 39(6): 275-278.

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Mienis, H.K. 1979. Land snails in faecal pellets of the golden skink. Basteria 43(5-6): 106.

Moran, S. 1979. A lizard, Eumeces schneideri, preying on the snail Theba pisana. Israel Journal of Zoology 28(1): 38-50.

Eumeces persicus

Faizi, H.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Nazarov, R.A.; Heidari, N.; Zangi, B.; Orlova, V.; Poyarkov, N. 2017. A new species of Eumeces Wiegmann 1834 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4320(2): 289–304.

Eumeces princeps

Anderson, S.C. 1999. The lizards of Iran. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles), Saint Louis, Missouri. 442 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 15).

Bischoff, W. 1977. Echsen des Kaukasus. 12. Der Tüpfelskink, Eumeces schneiderii princeps (Eichwald, 1839). Aquarien Terrarien 24(4): 130-133.

Darevsky, I.S. 1981. Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin 1802) - Tüpfelskink. pp. 355-365. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Haas, G. 1952. Two collections of reptiles from Iraq, with descriptions of two new forms. Copeia 1952: 20-22.

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Sartaeva, K.M. 1983. [On the ecology of the long-legged skink on Nuratau Ridge]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1983(4): 60.

Yadgarov, T.A. 1973. [A contribution to the ecology of Eumeces scneideri princeps]. (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 52(7): 1102-1103.

Eumeces schneiderii

Afsar, M.; Tok, C.V.; Cicek, K. 2014. On the Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Scincidae) specimens collected from Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Biharean Biologist 8(1): 1-4.

Ayaz, D.; Cicek, K.; Tok, C.V.; Dincaslan, Y.E. 2011. A new record of Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802) in northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Biharean Biologist 5(1): 78-79.

Caputo, V.; Odierna, G.; Aprea, G.; Capriglione, T. 1993. Eumeces algeriensis, a full species of the E. schneiderii group (Scincidae): karyological and morphological evidence. Amphibia-Reptilia 14(2): 187-193.

Cicek, K.; Oguzkan, C.; Bayrakci, Y.; Dinçer, A. 2015. New locality records of Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Scincidae) from western Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39(5): 987-990.

Cooper, W.E.; Al-Johany, A.M.H.; Vitt, L.J.; Habegger, J.J. 2000. Responses to chemical cues from animal and plant foods by actively foraging insectivorous and omnivorous scincine lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology 287(5): 327-339.

Darevsky, I.S. 1981. Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin 1802) - Tüpfelskink. pp. 355-365. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Göcmen, B.; Senol, A.; Mermer, A. 2002. A new record of Schneider's Skink, Eumeces schneideri Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Cyprus. Zoology in the Middle East 25: 19-22.

Goldberg, S.R. 2016. Natural history notes: Eumeces schneideri (Schneider's Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 47(3): 464-465.

Hassan, H.A. 1996. Chromosomal studies of four Egyptian lizards of the families Agamidae and Scincidae. Cytologia (Tokyo) 61(4): 443-455.

Kamal, A.M. 1965. The fully formed chondrocranium of Eumeces schneideri. Proceedings of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences 19: 13-20.

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Kuchling, G. 1970. Beobachtungen an Eumeces schneideri. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 23: 216-217.

Kumlutas, Y.; Arikan, H.; Ilgaz, C.; Kaska, Y. 2007. A new subspecies, Eumeces schneiderii barani n. ssp (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1387: 27-38.

Kumlutas, Y.; Kaska, Y.; Ilgaz, C.; Böhme, W. 2004. First record of Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802) (Sauria: Scincidae) from Western Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 32: 111-113.

Kumlutas, Y.; Ozdemir, A.; Ilgaz, C.; Tosunoglu, M. 2004. The amphibian and reptile species of Bozdag (Odemis). Turkish Journal of Zoology 28(4): 317-319.

Mazanaeva, L.F.; Orlova, V.F. 2009. [New records of lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae, Scincidae) in Dagestan]. (In Russian). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 114(4): 63-66.

Mertens, R. 1924. Herpetologische Mitteilungen. Senckenbergiana 6: 177-185.

Mohammed, M.B.H.; El-Sayad, F.I.; El-Naga, A.M.A.; Fouda, Y.A. 2006. Structure and function of the tongue in some scincid lizards. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 50(B): 47-66.

Muskhelishvili, T.A. 1965. [On the distribution of Eumeces schneideri (Daudin) within Georgia]. (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 44: 1419-1421.

Novruzov, N.E. 1981. [Food object selectivity in Eumeces schneideri Daudin (Squamata, Scincidae) in the Azerbaidjan SSR]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1981(2): 72-74.

Perera, A.; Sampaio, F.; Costa, S.; Salvi, D.; James, H.D. 2012. Genetic variability and relationships within the skinks Eumeces algeriensis and Eumeces schneideri using mitochondrial markers. African Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 69-80.

Struijk, R. 2003. Reproduction of Schneider's skink, Novoeumeces schneideri aldrovandii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1839). Podarcis 4(2): 43-52.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Akhmetov, S.I. 1990. [Systematics and geographic variability of Eumeces schneideri (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1990(1): 23-28.

Wegner, S. 2002. Beobachtungen bei Eumeces (= Novoeumeces) schneideri aldrovandii. Reptilia (D) 6(32): 22-27.

Wegner, S. 2002. Observations on Eumeces [Novoeumeces] schneideri aldrovandii. Reptilia (GB) 20: 28-32.

Yadgarov, T.; Akramov, M.S.; Makhmudov, B.; Sartaeva, K.M.; Khozhdaev, A.F. 1988. [On new finds of lizards and snakes in Uzbekistan]. (In Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk Uzbekskoi SSR 1988(2): 52-53.

Zahran, W.; Shahin, A.B.; Schneider, N.; Gabri, M.; Soliman, M. 1995. Protein variation and taxonomy in some genera of the family Scincidae (Reptilia) in Egypt: Geographic variation of 8 polymorphic proteins in two natural populations of the gold skink; Eumeces schneideri D. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science Assiut University E Zoology 24(2): 81-102.

Eumeces zarudnyi

Khan, M.S.; Khan, M.R.Z. 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67.

Mertens, R. 1959. Über einige seltene Eidechsen aus West-Pakistan. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 12: 307-310.

Sanchooli, N. 2017. A report of the presence of Eumeces schneideri zarudnyi (Nikolsky, 1900) in Zabol, Eastern Iran. Herpetology Notes 10: 675-676.