Trachylepis atlantica

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

Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945: 45 [original combination]
Euprepis atlanticus — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination]
Trachylepis atlantica — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Tiliqua punctata Gray, 1839: 289 [preoccupied by Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758]

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.47, ♂. [designated by Travassos (1948: 206)]

Type locality: “Fernando de Noronha”, Brazil.

Paralectotype (1): BMNH 1946.8.27.48. [designated by Travassos (1948: 206)]

Mabuya punctatissima O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 300 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 160)]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.40, collected by M. Parzudaki.

Type locality: “Cape of Good Hope” (in error).

Gray, J.E. [1838] 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287–293. BHL
O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. 1945. A new name for a Brazilian Mabuya. Copeia 1945(1): 45. JSTOR

Travassos, H. 1948. Nota sobre a "Mabuya" da Ilha Fernando de Noronha (Squamata, Scincidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 8: 201–208.
Mausfeld, P. & Vrcibradic, D. 2002. On the nomenclature of the skink (Mabuya) endemic to the western Atlantic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 292–295. DOI: 10.2307/1566004 JSTOR Reference page.
Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 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(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page.
Miralles, A., Chaparro, J.C. & Harvey, M.B. 2009. Three rare and enigmatic South American Skinks. Zootaxa 2012(1): 47–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.3 Reference page.

English: Noronha skink