Spondylurus powelli

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 powelli

Name

Spondylurus powelli Hedges & Conn, 2012 (Figs. 73C, 76A, 77)

Holotype: MCZ R-74343, an adult male, collected 29 May 1963, by James D. Lazell.

Paratypes: (n = 15). Anguilla. BWMC 06754–55, Robert Powell and Avila REU, Junk’s Hole, 17 June 2000; CM 115518 and CM 115480, Ellen J. Censky, Brimegin, 1987; CM 115481, Ellen J. Censky, no specific locality, 1987; MPM 23178, R. A. Sajdak, North Hill, 1987; RT 8335–37, Ava Gaa and Richard Thomas, Shoal Bay, January 1980. St. Barts. KU 242090–92, Albert Schwartz, Baie de St. John (no collection dates available); MNHN 1997.6064, M. Breuil, no specific locality, 1997; MNHN 2003.0844, M. Magras, no specific locality, 2003; MPM 23055, 0.5 km E L'Orient Beach (no collection date available).

Type locality: Shannon Hill (North of Sandy Ground), Anguilla.

Synonyms

• Mabuya mabouya mabouya —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya —MacLean et al., 1977:36 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya —Schwartz & Henderson, 1988:150 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya —Schwartz & Henderson, 1991:457 (part).
• Mabuya bistriata —Powell et al., 1996:82 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii —Mayer & Lazell, 2000:883 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya —Breuil, 2002:267 (part).
• Mabuya sp. Hodge et al., 2003:43.
• 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: Anguilla Bank Skink