Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Mesoscincus Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Mesoscincus Central American Giant Skinks Zentralamerikanische Riesenskinke Centralamerikanske Kæmpeskinker 1891 Platypholis Dugès [not Platypholis Boulenger 1890 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)] (type species: Eumeces altamirani Dugès 1891) 2000 Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy (type species: Eumeces schwartzei Fischer 1884) Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: The species of this genus were previously included in Eumeces (e.g., Taylor 1935; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970). Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan), Nicaragua. Mesoscincus altamirani Tepalcatepec Skink Tepalcatepec-Riesenskink Tepalcatepec-kæmpeskink 1891 Eumeces altamirani Dugès Mesoscincus altamirani Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan). Mesoscincus managuae Pacific Giant Skink Pazifischer Riesenskink Pacifisk Kæmpeskink 1933 Eumeces managuae Dunn Mesoscincus managuae Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 Distribution: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Mesoscincus managuae © Henrik Bringsøe Mesoscincus schwartzei Yucatan Giant Skink, (Schwartze's Skink) Yucatan-Riesenskink Yucatan-kæmpeskink 1884 Eumeces schwartzei Fischer Mesoscincus schwartzei Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan).