Spondylurus sloanii

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 sloanii

Name

Spondylurus sloanii (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: MNHN 554.

Type locality: Not given; Duméril & Bibron, 1839:639 restricted the type locality to “Saint-Thomas”.

Mentions

• Scincus sloanii — Daudin, 1803:287. Holotype by monotypy; holotype number and type-locality not stated.
• Scincus sloanei — Merrem, 1820:70.
• Spondylurus sloanei — Fitzinger, 1826:23.
• Tiliqua sloanii — Gray, 1831:70.
• Scincus richardi — Cocteau, 1837 (mentioned in Gray [1839:292] and in Duméril and Bibron [1839:639]; same specimen as type of Scincus sloanii Daudin; two brief extracts published by Cocteau [1837a,b] but apparently the full manuscript, with names, was never published).
• Tiliqua richardi — Gray, 1838:292 (same specimen as type of Scincus sloanii Daudin).
• Tiliqua sloanii — Gray, 1838:293.
• Eumeces sloanii — Duméril & Bibron, 1839:639 (redescription of holotype of Scincus sloanii Daudin and restriction of typelocality to “Saint-Thomas,” collected by "Richard père" = Louis Claude Richard, probably in 1781–89).
• Mabouya sloanei — Gray, 1845:94 (Jamaica, in error).
• Mabuia cuprescens — Cope, 1862:186 (St. Thomas; holotype apparently lost).
• E[uprepes] semitaeniatus —Peters, 1871:400 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Bocourt, 1879:401 (part).
• Mabuia sloanii — Garman, 1887 (Jamaica, in error; following Gray[1845]).
• Mabuia nitida — Garman, 1887:51 (part, inferred).
• Mabuia sloanii — Boulenger, 1887:193 (part, inferred).
• Mabuia sloanii — Meerwarth, 1901:37.
• Mabuya sloanii — Stejneger, 1904:608 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Barbour, 1914:320 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Schmidt, 1928:121 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Barbour, 1930:105 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1935:129 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanii — Dunn, 1936:544 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Grant, 1937:517 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — MacLean et al., 1977:30–34 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Heatwole et al., 1981:34 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanii — Brygoo, 1985:101 (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 — Mayer & Lazell, 2000:883 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Miralles, 2005:49 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

• Daudin, F.M. 1802: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles, Vol. 4. F. Dufart, Paris.
• 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: Virgin Islands Bronze Skink