Marisora roatanae

Marisora roatanae

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: Marisora
Species: Marisora roatanae

Name

Marisora roatanae Hedges & Conn, 2012: 132

• Holotype: TCWC 21955, adult ♀, collected on 11 April 1965 (collector unknown).
• Type locality: “Jonesville, Isla de Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras, 3 m”.
• Etymology: The name refers to the distribution of the species on the island of Roatán.

Chresonyms

• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Dunn, 1936: 544 (part)
• Mabuya brachypodus Taylor, 1956: 308 (part)
• Mabuya brachypoda Webb, 1958: 1311 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya mabouya Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 200 (part)
• Mabuya mabouya Wilson & Hahn, 1973: 116 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Villa et al., 1988: 54 (part)
• Mabuya brachypoda Campbell, 1998: 167 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Lee, 1996: 247 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Savage, 2002: 503 (part)
• Mabuya unimarginata Mccranie et al., 2005: 114 (part)
• Marisora roatanae Hedges & Conn, 2012

References

Primary 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. 

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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Marisora roatanae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2020.
• Wilson, L.D., Townsend, J.H. & Luque, I. 2013. IUCN: Marisora roatanae  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T16391176A16391187. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T16391176A16391187.en

Vernacular names

English: Honduran Skink