Spondylurus nitidus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus nitidus

Name

Spondylurus nitidus (Garman, 1887)

Lectotype: MCZ R-6050, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1879, Samuel Garman.

Type locality: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Mentions

• Mabuya fulgida — Cope, 1868:311 (part).
• Euprepes (Mabuia) spilonotus — Peters, 1876:708 (part).
• Mabuia nitida — Garman, 1887:51. Lectotype: MCZ R-6050, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1879, Samuel Garman.
• Mabuia sloanii — Boulenger, 1887:193 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Stejneger, 1904:608 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Barbour, 1914:320 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Schmidt, 1928:121 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Schmidt, 1928:121 (part; syntype from Hispaniola removed from type series of Mabuia nitida).
• Mabuya sloanii — Barbour, 1930:105 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Grant, 1931:217 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Grant, 1932a:162 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Grant, 1932b:39 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1935:129 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanii — Dunn, 1936:544 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia — Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — MacLean et al., 1977:27 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloani — Rivero, 1978:71 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Heatwole et al., 1981:34 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Henderson, 1988:151 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991:457 (part).
• Mabuya bistriata — Powell et al., 1996:82 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloani — Rivero, 1998:394 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Mayer & Lazell, 2000:883 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii — Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

• Garman, S. 1887: On West Indian Reptiles. Scincidae. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 19: 51–53
• Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012: A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa, 3288: 1–244. Preview.

Vernacular names

English: Puerto Rican Skink