Copeoglossum arajara

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Copeoglossum
Species: Copeoglossum arajara

Name edit

Copeoglossum arajara (Reboucas-Spieker, 1981)

Type locality: Brasil, Ceara, Arajara.

Mentions edit

  • Mabuya arajara Reboucas-Spieker, 1981
  • Mabuya arajara — Greer et al., 2000
  • Mabuya arajara — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Copeoglossum arajara — Hedges & Conn, 2012: 71

References edit

  • Reboucas-Spieker R. 1981. Sobre uma nova especie de Mabuya do nordeste do Brasil (Sauria, Scincidae). Papeis Avulsos De Zoologia (Sao Paulo) 34(9): 121–123. (in Portuguese).

  • Greer, A.E., Arnold, C. & Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21(1): 121–126.
  • Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Boehme, W., Misof B., Vrcibradic, D. & Freder, C. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 281–293.
  • Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288(1): 1–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3288.1.1  ; PDF Reference page

Vernacular names edit

English: Caatinga Bronze Skink