According to Dr. Philip Tibbs, past Secretary of the ICZN, and at the time speaking for the Commission, the name Eumeces epipleurotus Cope (1880) has priority over E. gaigeae Taylor (1935). E. epipleurotis is now considered a subspecies of E. multivirgatus.
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1 March 2004
CLARIFICATION OF NAME USAGE FOR THE VARIABLE SKINK, EUMECES MULTIVIRGATUS EPIPLEUROTUS
Ralph W. Axtell,
Hobart M. Smith
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