Copeoglossum nigropunctatum

Copeoglossum nigropunctatum

Taxonavigation

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 nigropunctatum

Name

Copeoglossum nigropunctatum (Spix, 1825: 24)

Holotype: Lost.

Neotype: Santa Rita, Município de Maraã, left margin of Rio Japurá (Lago Paricá), state of Amazonas, Brazil (Ávila-Pires 1995).

Type locality: Ecgá, Brazil.

Mentions

• Scincus nigropunctatus Spix, 1825: 24
• Copeoglossum cinctum Tschudi, 1845
• Mabuia agilis var. nigropunctata - Boulenger, 1887: 192
• Mabuia aurata - Boulenger, 1887: 189 (part)
• Mabuia agilis - Goeldi, 1902: 534 (part)
• Mabuya agilis agilis - Amaral, 1937: 1743 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya - Dunn, 1935: 544 (part)
• Mabuya mabouia - Rand & Humphrey, 1968: 8
• Mabuya mabouya - Crump, 1971: 20
• Mabuya bistriata - Williams & Vanzolini, 1980: 99
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Greer et al., 2000
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Mausfeld et al., 2002
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Whithworth & Beirne, 2011
• Copeoglossum nigropunctatum — Hedges & Conn, 2012

References

• Spix, J.B. von, 1825: Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix. Lipsiae: T. O. Weigel; F. S. Hübschmanni, Monachii, 26 pp.

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• Whithworth, A. & Beirne, C. 2011: Reptiles of the Yachana Reserve. Global Vision International, 130 pp.
• 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

English: South American Spotted Skink