Spondylurus monitae

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: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus monitae

Name

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

• 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

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

Vernacular names

English: Monito Skink