Spondylurus caicosae

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: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus caicosae

Name

Spondylurus caicosae Hedges & Conn, 2012

Holotype: AMNH R-80126, an adult male, collected 10 February 1953 on Long Cay off South Caicos, Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos, by G. B. Rabb.

Type locality: Long Cay off South Caicos, Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos.

Synonyms

• Mabuya mabouia —Barbour, 1935:129 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanii —Dunn, 1936:546 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii —Grant, 1937:520 (part).
• Mabuya mabouia —Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
• Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:20 (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 sloanii —Mayer & Lazell, 2000:883 (part).
• Mabuya sloanii —Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

• 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: Caicos Islands Skink