Spondylurus spilonotus

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 spilonotus

Name

Spondylurus spilonotus (Weigmann, 1837)

Lectotype: ZMB 1240.

Type locality: Not given; probably St. Thomas or St. John.

Synonyms

Euprepes spilonotus —Wiegmann, 1837:135 (no locality, ex. coll. "Meyer").
Euprepes spilonotus —Peters, 1864:50 (lectotype clarified as ZMB 1240, same specimen as examined by Schneider [1801:182], for syntype of Scincus auratus; originally from collection of Meyer; no paralectotypes).
Eupr[epes] spilonotus —Peters, 1871:400 (Jamaica, in error).
Euprepes (Mabuia) spilonotus —Peters, 1876:708 (part).
Euprepes spilonotus —Gundlach, 1881:311 (part).
Mabuia sloanii —Boulenger, 1887:193 (part).
M[abuya] spilonotus —Stejneger, 1904:609–10 (listed incorrect accession number for lectotype; restriction to Jamaica, in error).
Mabuya sloanii —Barbour, 1914:355 (part).
Mabuya spilonota —Barbour, 1914:355 (restriction to Jamaica, in error).
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; listed incorrect accession number for lectotype).
Mabuya mabouia —Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
Mabuya sp. — Grant, 1937:512 (part).
Mabuya spilonotus —Grant, 1940:111 (Jamaica, in error; listed incorrect accession number for lectotype).
Mabuya spilonotus —Murray, 1949:128 (Jamaica, in error).
Mabuya spilonota —Cochran, 1961:126 (Jamaica, in error).
Mabuya spilonota —Horton, 1973:85 (Jamaica, in error).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part; listed incorrect accession number for lectotype).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:30 (part).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:32 (part).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Henderson, 1988:151 (part; listed incorrect accession number for lectotype).
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 —Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1837: Herpetologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 3: 123–136.
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: Greater Virgin Islands Skink