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Spondylurus spilonotus Wiegmann, 1837:135

Greater Virgin Islands skink

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Euprepes spilonotus Wiegmann, 1837:135

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1877

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

St. John & St. Thomas, Puerto Rico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Wiegmann, A. F. A. (1837) Herpetologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 123-136.

 

Other references:

Hedges, B. (2013). Spondylurus spilonotus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T47103328A47103336. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T47103328A47103336.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2015.

Hedges, S. Blair and Conn, Caitlin E. (2012). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244.

Perry, G. and Gerber, G. P. (2006). Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in the British Virgin Islands: Status and patterns. Applied Herpetology [2006]: 237-256.

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.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16076/spondylurus-spilonotus-greater-virgin-islands

http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Spondylurus&species=spilonotus

 

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