Plestiodon lynxe, also known commonly as the oak forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. lynxe is oak forest or pine-oak forest, at altitudes of .
Diet P. bellii preys upon insects and other arthropods.
Reproduction P. lynxe is viviparous. Maximum recorded litter size is five neonates.
Subspecies Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Plestiodon lynxe bellii Plestiodon lynxe furcirostris Plestiodon lynxe lynxe
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Plestiodon.
Etymology The subspecific name, bellii, is in honor of English zoologist Thomas Bell.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Plestiodon lynxe bellii, p. 22).
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Eumeces lynxe, p. 380). Hartweg N (1931). "Apparent ovoviviparity in the Mexican skink Eumeces lynxae [sic] Wiegmann". Copeia 1931 (2): 60. Webb RG (1968). "The Mexican skink Eumeces lynxe (Squamata, Scincidae)". Publications of the Museum, Michigan State University, Biological Series 4 (1): 1–28.