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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Eumeces
Literary usage of Genus eumeces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1870)
"... and Dr. Stoliczka^J last year brought Peters' observation to the notice of
this Society. The history of the sub-genus Eumeces is as follows: In 1834, ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"... of reptiles made by Dr. Charles H. Gilbert and Mr. James M. Hyde in and near
the Yosemite Valley is a very distinct new skink of the genus Eumeces. ..."
3. 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 ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"... border-line of the region, there would appear to be in all but about 20 species
of Nearctic saurians, 13 of whtch belong to the Old World genus Eumeces! ..."
5. California Water Birds by Leverett Mills Loomis (1897)
"... of reptiles made by Dr. Charles H. Gilbert and Mr. James M. Hyde in and near
the Yosemite Valley is a very distinct new skink of the genus Eumeces. ..."
6. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"The largest specimen is from the first-mentioned locality, and measures, from
the snout to the vent, 75 millim., the tail 129. Genus EUMECES, Wiegmann. 17. ..."
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