Alinea luciae Garman, 1887:51
St Lucia skink, Saint Lucia skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mabuya luciae Garman, 1887
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1888-1889 (Hedges & Conn, 2012:54)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
St Lucia, St Lucia Bank, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MCZ R-6046
Other specimens:
BMNH 89.8.14.20
BMNH 89.8.14.21
BMNH 89.8.14.22
BMNH 89.8.14.23
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Garman, S. (1887). On West Indian reptiles. Scincidae. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, 19: 51-53.
Other references:
Anonymous. (1889). Societies and academies. Nature 40: 190-191.
Barbour, T. (1914). A contribution to the zoögeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 44: 209-359 + 1 plate (includes seven foldout tables).
Barbour, T. 1937. Third list of Antilean reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 82: 77-166.
Boulenger, G. A. (1891). On reptiles, batrachians, and fishes from the Lesser West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 351-357.
Daltry, J. C. and Powell, R. (2016). Alinea luciae (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44579175A115387556. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44579175A44579183.en. Accessed on 30 June 2022.
Hedges, S. B. and Conn, C. E. (2012). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244.
Miralles, Aurélien et al. (2009). Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156(3): 598-616. [Abstract]
Powell, Robert and Henderson, Robert W. (2012). Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85-166. [considers this taxon possibly extinct]
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16062/alinea-luciae-st-lucia-skink
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Alinea&species=luciae