Previously this species has been reported from La Placita as _Mabuya mabouya alliacea_ by Peters (1954:15). Webb (1958:1311) provided evidence that Mexican specimens were conspecific with _Mabuya brachypoda_, as described from Costa Rica by Taylor (1956:308). The large series in the Taylor collection studied by Webb and listed by him as being from Uruapan actually is part of a series collected by Hobart M. Smith at El Sabino at an elevation of 1050 meters, 30 kilometers south of Uruapan. This species probably ranges throughout the coastal region of the state; individuals from La Placita and Playa Azul were taken in dense scrub forest near sea level. ~Scincella assata taylori~ (Oliver) _Leiolopisma assatum taylori_ Oliver, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 360:12, November 20, 1937.--Santiago, Colima, México. _Scincella assata taylori_, Mittleman, Herpetologica, 6:20, June 5, 1950. Twenty-one km. S of Arteaga; Ostula. The specimen from Ostula was obtained in semi-deciduous broad-leaf forest at an elevation of 120 meters; that from 21 kilometers south of Arteaga was taken in oak forest at an elevation of 830 meters. Both localities are on the coastal slopes of the Sierra de Coalcomán. Probably the species inhabits the heavy forests on the lower slopes of these mountains. The specimen from south of Arteaga (UMMZ 119117) in life had a tan dorsum and a bright orange-pink tail. ~Eumeces altamirani~ Dugès _Eumeces altamirani_ Dugès, La Naturaleza, ser. 2, 1:485, 1891.--Apatzingán, Michoacán, México. Twelve km. E of Apatzingán; El Sabino (4). One specimen of this rare species was found beneath a rock in the open scrub forest 12 kilometers east of Apatzingán on July 3, 1955. Another skink, presumably of this species, was seen at Capirio. The specimen from east of Apatzingán is a male having a snout-vent length of 97 mm. and an incomplete tail. In most respects it compares favorably with accounts of the species given by Taylor (1936b:55 and 1936c:102). The frontal is divided by a transverse suture; the enlarged dorsal scales are arranged in 11 pairs anteriorly, followed by 48 unpaired enlarged scales. The head and middorsal area are brown; there is a pale tan stripe on the edges of the vertebral and paravertebral rows, bordered by a dark brown stripe on the paravertebral row, which, in turn, is bordered by a pale tan stripe on the lateral edge of the paravertebral scale row and the median edge of the adjacent scale row. The stripes extend from the neck to the base of the tail. The flanks are mottled with brown and cream-color; the labials are cream-color barred by brown; the venter is a pale cream-color.