Mabuya montserratae

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Mabuya
Species: Mabuya montserratae

Name

• Mabuya montserratae Hedges & Conn 2012: 115

Holotype: MCZ R-125464, an adult male, collected 6 August 1970 by J. Boos.

Type locality: Between Killecrankie Mydram, Waterworks Estate, and Molyneux Village, Montserrat.

Etymology: The species refers to the distribution of the species on the island of Montserrat.

Mentions

• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Dunn, 1936: 544 (part)
• Mabuya mabouia Barbour, 1937: 147 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 200 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Schwartz & Thomas, 1975: 141 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Maclean et al., 1977: 38 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Schwartz & Henderson, 1988: 150 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 457 (part)
• Mabuya bistriata Powell et al., 1996: 82 (part)
• Mabuya bistriata Malhotra & Thorpe, 1999: 75 (part)
• Mabuya sloanii Mayer & Lazell, 2000: 883 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya Breuil, 2002: 267 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya Henderson & Powell, 2009: 292 (part)
• Mabuya montserratae Hedges & Conn, 2012: 115

References

• 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. 

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• Miralles, A. 2005: The identity of Lacertus mabouya Lacepede, 1788, with description of a neotype: an approach toward the taxonomy of New World Mabuya. Herpetologica, 61: 46–53.
• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2009: Natural history of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 495 pp.

Vernacular names

English: Hispaniolan Two-lined Skink