Copeoglossum margaritae

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 margaritae

Name

Copeoglossum margaritae Hedges & Conn, 2012: 79, Figs. 23B, 24B, 28

Holotype: USNM 217141, an adult female, collected in February, 1967. Collector unrecorded. Field number SVP 12355 (Smithsonian Venezuelan Project).

Paratypes (n = 2). Margarita Island, Venezuela. MHNLS 3401–02, Cerro Copey (Collected in 1953 by Felipe Martín).

Type locality: 3 km NE La Asuncion, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, (11° 03' N, 63° 51' W, 410 m).

Mentions

• Mabuya nigropunctata — Miralles et al., 2005: 833 (part).
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Rivas et al., 2005: 349 (part).
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Miralles et al., 2009: 609 (part).
• Mabuya nigropunctata — Ugueto & Rivas, 2010: 208 (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: Margarita Skink