Spondylurus magnacruzae Hedges & Conn, 2012
Greater S(ain)t Croix skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: see Hedges & Conn, 2012:170
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1882 (Saint Croix); 6 August 1964; 19 June 1987 (Hedges & Meier, 2013); September 2000? (Green Cay)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
This species was reported from Green Cay in September 2000 by (Evans et al. 2010). It therefore may still be extant. Or if this record is valid and the species is extinct then it must be one of the most recently extinct species.
Distribution
S(ain)t Croix and its satellite Green Cay, U.S. Virgin Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: ZMUC-R 100
Type locality: "St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands" (Hedges & Conn, 2012:170)
Paratypes:
ANSP 9401
BMNH 59.3.14.18
BMNH 59.3.14.19
BMNH 59.3.14.20
BMNH 59.3.14.21
BMNH unaccessioned
KU 242174
ZMUC-R 95
ZMUC-R 98
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:
Evans, M. A. et al. (2010). Sandy Point, Green Cay and Buck Island National Wildlife Refuges. Conservation Action Plan. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 264 pp.
Hedges, B. (2013). Spondylurus magnacruzae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T47103224A47103228. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T47103224A47103228.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2015.
Hedges, S. B. and Meier, A. J. (2013). Spondylurus magnacruzae (Greater Saint Croix Skink). Conservation. Caribbean Herpetology 46: 1.
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://www.caribherp.org/sight_all.php?mob=y
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16074/spondylurus-magnacruzae-greater-croix-skink
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Spondylurus&species=magnacruzae