Copeoglossum aurae

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: Copeoglossum
Species: Copeoglossum aurae

Name

Copeoglossum aurae Hedges & Conn, 2012

Holotype: MCZ R-185624, an adult male, collected by W.B. Richardson.

Paratypes (n = 32).

• Grenada.
  • BMNH 86.6.29.19, G. Murray, "Island of Grenada," 1886;
  • MCZ R-79744, James Lazell, Tempe, 22 June 1964.
• Grenadines.
  • KU 242047–48, Albert Schwartz, Park, Bequia Island, 18 March 1961;
  • KU 242051, Albert Schwartz, Grand Bay, Mustique Island, 15 December 1961;
  • MCZ R-79097 and R-79099, C. MacIntosh, Carriacou, 1963;
  • MCZ R-79100, George Gorman, Bequia Island, 30 April 1964;
  • USNM 79131, Paul Bartsch, Petit Martinique, 1929.
• St. Vincent.
  • BMNH 90.11.25.16–17, F. D. Goodman, no specific locality, 1890;
  • CAS 39439, Blake Expedition, Kingston, 18 February 1879;
  • MCZ R-6040, Samuel W. Garmin, Kingston, 18 February 1879;
  • MCZ R-6041, R-185623, R-185625–26, W. B. Richardson, Kingston, April 1886.
• Trinidad.
  • AMNH R101327, George Campbell, Chaguaramas, February 1943;
  • CAS 39483, C. S. Cazabon, no specific locality, 1879;
  • CAS 231775, R. Lawson et al. Manzanilla Beach, 18 July 2004;
  • CM 6565, M. Graham Netting, Manzanilla Beach, 22 September 1927;
  • KU 242013, Albert Schwartz, Nariva, 4 May 1963;
  • MCZ R-6039, Samuel Garmin (no additional information available);
  • MCZ R-8994, R. Thaxter, Port of Spain, April 1913;
  • MCZ R-79818, James D. Lazell, Aripe Savannah, 14 July 1964;
  • UMMZ 79919 and 239606, no specific locality, collector, or date;
  • MCZ R-100481, H. Boos, Huevos Island, 3 May 1966.
• Tobago.
  • KU 242009–11, Albert Schwartz, 4 miles N Mt. St. George, 12 May 1963; MCZ R-185622, Garth L. Underwood, Scarborough, 5 September 1956.

Type locality: Kingston, St. George Province, St. Vincent.

Mentions

• Mabuia agilis — Boulenger, 1887: 191 (part).
• Mabuia aenea — Garman, 1887: 53 (part).
• Mabuya aenea — Barbour, 1914: 322 (part).
• Mabuya aenea — Barbour, 1930: 105 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1935: 129 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya — Dunn, 1936: 544 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1937: 147 (part).
• Mabuya aenea — Underwood, 1963: 83 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya — Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 200 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975: 141 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya — MacLean et al., 1977: 40–41 (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 bistriata — Murphy, 1997: 150 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Mayer & Lazell, 2000: 883 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya — Miralles, 2005: 49 (part?).
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Miralles et al., 2005: 833 (part).
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Miralles et al., 2009: 609 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya — Henderson & Powell, 2009: 292 (part).

References

• Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288(1): 1–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3288.1.1 ; PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Greater Windward Skink