Spondylurus turksae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Lacertilia
Infraordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus turksae

Name

Spondylurus turksae Hedges & Conn, 2012 (Figs. 73G, 83, 84)

Holotype: KU 242171, an adult female, collected on 28 January 1961, by Albert Schwartz. Original field number AS 10906.

Paratypes: (n = 6). Gibbs Cay. KU 242170, Albert Schwartz, 26 March 1972. Grand Turk Island. ANSP 3835 (no additional collection information available); KU 242172–73, Albert Schwartz, North Wells (1.6 km N. Cockburn Town), 28–30 January 1961; MCZ R-11946–47, L. A. Mowbray, no specific locality, June 1916.

Type locality: North Wells (1.6 km N. Cockburn Town), Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos.

Synonyms

  • Mabuya sloanii —Barbour, 1916:219 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanii —Dunn, 1936:544 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya —Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:21 (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 —Miralles, 2005:49 (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: Turks Islands Skink
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