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