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Definition of Eumeces
1. Noun. New World skinks.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Scincidae, Scincidae
Member holonyms: Eumeces Skiltonianus, Western Skink, Eumeces Callicephalus, Mountain Skink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eumeces
Literary usage of Eumeces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"4 inches long, the head aud trunk measuring 1 ! inch. Eumeces reevesii. ...
Eumeces siamensis of Siam. Limbs well developed ; the fore lega extend to the ..."
2. Description of a New Species of Sea Snake from the Philippine Islands: With by John Van Denburgh, Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
"Eumeces There are in China two very distinct species of the genus Eumeces.
The one characterized by the possession of but one unpaired ..."
3. California Water Birds by Leverett Mills Loomis (1897)
"The lizard which I propose to name in honor of Dr. Charles H. Gilbert grows to
a much larger size than is ever attained by Skil- ton's Skink. Eumeces ..."
4. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"Eumeces obsoletus COPE Ann. Rep. US Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 646, fig. 128.
TYPE LOCALITY : Valley of the Rio San Pedro, tributary of the Rio Grande del ..."
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