Marisora alliacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Marisora
Species: Marisora alliacea

Name

Marisora alliacea (Cope, 1875)

• Syntypes: USNM 30619–20.
• Type locality: no type locality given, designed as “Costa Rica, low country” [=Caribbean lowlands] by Taylor (1956: 298).

Combinations

• Mabuia [sic] alliacea Cope, 1875: 115 [original combination]
• Mabuya alliacea — Taylor, 1956: 298 [subsequent combination]
• Marisora alliacea — Hedges & Conn, 2012: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1875. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 93–154, pls. 23–28. BHL
• 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. 

Additional references

• McCranie, J.R., Matthews, A.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2020. A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4763(3): 301–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Marisora alliacea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2020.
• Acosta Chaves, V., Chaves, G. & Batista, A. 2013. IUCN: Marisora alliacea  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16391113A16391151. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T16391113A16391151.en

Vernacular names

• English: Middle American Four-lined Skink