Capitellum mariagalantae Hedges & Conn, 2012:59
Marie-Galante skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: see (Hedges & Conn, 2012:59-60)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: "at least 150 years ago" (Hedges & Conn, 2012:62); 1830's (Powell & Hedges, 2016; Martin et al., 2023); 1830's? (fide Uetz et al.)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Marie-Galante (=Marie Galante), Marie-Galante Bank, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: ANSP 9413 (adult female)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hedges, S. Blair and Conn, Caitlin E. (2012). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244.
Other references:
Bailon, S., Bochaton, Corentin and Lenoble, A. (2015). New data on Pleistocene and Holocene herpetofauna of Marie Galante (Blanchard Cave, Guadeloupe Islands, French West Indies): Insular faunal turnover and human impact. Quaternary Science Reviews 128: 127-137. [Abstract]
Bochaton, Corentin et al. (In Press, 2015). Fossil and subfossil herpetofauna from Cadet 2 Cave (Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe Islands, F. W. I.): Evolution of an insular herpetofauna since the Late Pleistocene. Comptes Rendus Palevol. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.005
Hedges, S. Blair., Lorvelec, O., Barré, N., Vidal, N. and Pavis, C. (2019). On the taxonomic recognition of skinks from the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Squamata Mabuyidae, Mabuya). Caribbean Herpetology 64: 1-7.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Powell, R. and Hedges, S. Blair. (2016). Capitellum mariagalantae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T47102670A47102674. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
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/16063/capitellum-mariagalante-marie-galante-skink
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Capitellum&species=mariagalantae