Psychosaura agmosticha

Psychosaura agmosticha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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: Psychosaura
Species: Psychosaura agmosticha

Name

Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000)

• Holotype: MZUSP 79.189, adult ♂, collected by Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr. on 10 May 1994.
• Type locality: “Xingó: (09°24'S, 37°58'W; approximatelly 450 m elevation); State of Alagoas: Brazil”.

Combinations

• Mabuya agmosticha Rodrigues, 2000: 316 [original combination]
• Psychosaura agmosticha — Hedges & Conn, 2012: 137 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rodrigues, M.T. 2000. A new species of Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae) from the semiarid caatingas of northeastern Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 41(21): 313–328. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Colli, G.R., Fenker, J., Tedeschi, L., Bataus, Y.S.L., Uhlig, V.M., Silveira, A.L., da Rocha, C.F.D., Nogueira, C. de C., Werneck, F.P., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Kiefer, M., de Freitas, M.A., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Valadão, R., Cardoso Vieira, R., Perez Maciel, R., Gomes Faria, R., Recoder, R., Ávila, R.W., Torquato da Silva, S., de Barcelos Ribeiro, S. & Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2019. IUCN: Psychosaura agmosticha  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T47103082A47103089. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T47103082A47103089.pt. Accessed on 09 February 2026.

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