Trachylepis atlantica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 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

Trachylepis atlantica (Schmidt, 1945) [nomen substitutum]

Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945: 45 [original combination]
Euprepis atlanticus — Mausfeld, Schmitz, Böhme, Misof, Vrcibradic & Rocha, 2002: 290 [subsequent combination]
Trachylepis atlantica — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Tiliqua punctata Gray, 1839: 289 [preoccupied by Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758]
- Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.47, ♂. [designated by Travassos (1948: 206)]
- Type locality: “Fernando de Noronha”, Brazil.
- Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.48. [designated by Travassos (1948: 206)]
Mabuya punctatissima O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 300 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 160)]
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.40, collected by M. Parzudaki.
- Type locality: “Cape of Good Hope” (in error).

Gray, J.E. [1838] 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287–293. BHL
O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. 1945. A new name for a Brazilian Mabuya. Copeia 1945(1): 45. JSTOR

Travassos, H. 1948. Nota sobre a "Mabuya" da Ilha Fernando de Noronha (Squamata, Scincidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 8: 201–208.
Mausfeld, P. & Vrcibradic, D. 2002. On the nomenclature of the skink (Mabuya) endemic to the western Atlantic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 292–295. DOI: 10.2307/1566004 JSTOR Reference page.
Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page.
Miralles, A., Chaparro, J.C. & Harvey, M.B. 2009. Three rare and enigmatic South American Skinks. Zootaxa 2012(1): 47–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.3 Reference page.

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: Trachylepis atlantica (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120689136A134890404. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T120689136A134890404.pt. Accessed on 18 October 2025.