Orosaura nebulosylvestris

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: Orosaura
Species: Orosaura nebulosylvestris

Name

• Orosaura nebulosylvestris (Miralles, Rivas Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)

Holotype: MHNLS 17093, adult ♂.

Type locality: “the Hotel Casa de Campo Tovar (10°24'35"N, 67°17'27"W), 1.5 km from Colonia Tovar, Pico Codazzi, Vargas state, Venezuela.”

Combinations

• Mabuya nebulosylvestris Miralles, Rivas Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009: 603 [original combination]
• Oreosaura nebulosylvestris — Hedges & Conn, 2012 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Miralles, A., Rivas Fuenmayor, G., Bonillo, C., Schargel, W.E., Barros, T., García-Pérez, J.E. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2009. Molecular systematics of Carribean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3): 598–616. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00487.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Orosaura nebulosylvestris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2018.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Orosaura nebulosylvestris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T47103019A47103028. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T47103019A47103028.en

Vernacular names

English: Venezuelan Mountain Skink