Marisora magnacornae

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: Marisora
Species: Marisora magnacornae

Name

Marisora magnacornae Hedges & Conn, 2012: 129

• Holotype: MCZ R-26976, adult ♂, collected by James L. Peters between 10 December 1927 and 3 January 1928.
• Type locality: “Great Corn Island, Nicaragua”.
• Etymology: Refers to the island on which the species occurs (Great Corn Island).

Chresonyms

• Mabuya agilis Barbour & Loveridge, 1929: 142 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Dunn 1936: 544 (part)
• Mabuya brachypodus Taylor, 1956: 308 (part)
• Mabuya brachypoda Webb, 1958: 1311 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 200 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Villa et al., 1988: 54 (part)
• Mabuya brachypoda Campbell, 1998: 167 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Lee 1996: 247 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Savage, 2002: 503 (part)
• Marisora magnacornae Hedges & Conn, 2012: 129

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• McCranie, J.R., Matthews, A.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2020. A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4763(3): 301–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Marisora magnacornae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2020.
• Sunyer, J. 2013. IUCN: Marisora magnacornae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16391167A16391170. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T16391167A16391170.en

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Nicaraguan Skink