Spondylurus monitae

Taxonavigation

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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: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus monitae

Name

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Spondylurus monitae Hedges & Conn, 2012 (Figs. 70C, 73A, 74)

Holotype: USNM 576301, an adult female, collected on 12–13 February 1993, by Manuel Leal and Richard Thomas. Field tag USNMFS 192877.

Paratypes (n = 6). Isla Monito, Puerto Rico. RT 11377–79, 11427, Manuel Leal and Richard Thomas, 3–4 April 1993; RT 11391, Miguel Garcia, Manuel Leal, and Richard Thomas, 13–14 April 1993; and RT 11430, Richard Thomas, November 1993.

Type locality: Isla Monito, Puerto Rico, United States.

Synonyms

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  • Mabuya mabouya sloanii —Rolle et al., 1964:322 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:27 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Heatwole et al., 1981:34 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Henderson, 1988:151 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Henderson, 1991:457 (part).
  • Mabuya bistriata —Powell et al., 1996:82 (part).
  • Mabuya sloanii —Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

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  • Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012: A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa, 3288: 1–244. Preview.

Vernacular names

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English: Monito Skink