Spondylurus turksae

Taxonavigation edit

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 turksae

Name edit

Spondylurus turksae Hedges & Conn, 2012 (Figs. 73G, 83, 84)

Holotype: KU 242171, an adult female, collected on 28 January 1961, by Albert Schwartz. Original field number AS 10906.

Paratypes: (n = 6). Gibbs Cay. KU 242170, Albert Schwartz, 26 March 1972. Grand Turk Island. ANSP 3835 (no additional collection information available); KU 242172–73, Albert Schwartz, North Wells (1.6 km N. Cockburn Town), 28–30 January 1961; MCZ R-11946–47, L. A. Mowbray, no specific locality, June 1916.

Type locality: North Wells (1.6 km N. Cockburn Town), Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos.

Synonyms edit

Mabuya sloanii —Barbour, 1916:219 (part).
Mabuya mabouya sloanii —Dunn, 1936:544 (part).
Mabuya mabouya —Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:21 (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 —Miralles, 2005:49 (part).
Mabuya sloanii —Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References edit

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

Vernacular names edit

English: Turks Islands Skink