Spondylurus sloanii

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 sloanii

Name

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Spondylurus sloanii (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: MNHN 554.

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

Mentions

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  • Scincus sloaniiDaudin, 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

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  • 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

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English: Virgin Islands Bronze Skink