Plestiodon dicei

Plestiodon dicei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. dicei
Binomial name
	Plestiodon dicei; (Ruthven & Gaige, 1933)

Plestiodon dicei, or Dice's short-nosed skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Mexico.^[1] It was named in honor of Lee R. Dice, who collected the holotype in 1930 ^[2]^{: 1 p.} while conducting a faunal survey in the Sierra de San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Mexico.^[3] It was considered a subspecies of Plestiodon brevirostris for many decades.^[4] Plestiodon dicei occurs in northeastern Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas, with isolated populations in the Sierra de San Carlos and the Sierra de Tamaulipas. ^[5]^{: 28 p.}