Marisora roatanae HEDGES & CONN, 2012

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Honduran Skink, Roatán Skink
Synonym	Marisora roatanae HEDGES & CONN 2012 Mabuya mabouya mabouya — DUNN 1936: 544 (part) Mabuya brachypodus — TAYLOR 1956: 308 (part) Mabuya brachypoda — WEBB 1958: 1311 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 200 (part) Mabuya mabouya — WILSON & HAHN 1973: 116 (part) Mabuya unimarginata — VILLA et al. 1988: 54 (part) Mabuya brachypoda — CAMPBELL 1998: 167 (part) Mabuya unimarginata — LEE 1996: 247 (part) Mabuya unimarginata — SAVAGE 2002: 503 (part) Mabuya unimarginata — MCCRANIE et al. 2005: 114 (part) Marisora roatanae — MCCRANIE et al. 2020: 334
Distribution	Honduras (Roatán), NE Nicaragua (McCranie et al. 2020) Type locality: Jonesville, Isla de Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras, 3 m
Reproduction	viviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: TCWC 21955, an adult female, collected on 11 April 1965 (collector unknown). Paratype (n = 1). Isla de Roatán, Honduras. UTA R55232, an adult male from Oak Ridge, Isla de Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras (collected by Gary Ferguson in 1979).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. Marisora roatanae sp. nov. is characterized by (1) maximum SVL in males, 74.7 mm; (2) maximum SVL in females, 90.2 mm; (3) snout width, 2.38–2.96% SVL; (4) head length, 15.7–19.0% SVL; (5) head width, 12.6–14.1% SVL; (6) ear length, 0.95–1.15% SVL; (7) toe-IV length, 8.39–10.5% SVL; (8) prefrontals, two; (9) supraoculars, four; (10) supraciliaries, four (67%), five (33%); (11) frontoparietals, two; (12) supralabial below the eye, five; (13) nuchal rows, one; (14) dorsals, 57–58; (15) ventrals, 65–67; (16) dorsals + ventrals, 122–125; (17) midbody scale rows, 32; (18) finger-IV lamellae, 13–15; (19) toe-IV lamellae, 15–18; (20) finger-IV + toe-IV lamellae, 28–33; (21) supranasal contact, Y; (22) prefrontal contact, N; (23) supraocular-1/ frontal contact, Y (33%), N (67%); (24) parietal contact, Y; (25) pale middorsal stripe, N; (26) dark dorsolateral stripe, N; (27) dark lateral stripe, Y; (28) pale lateral stripe, Y; and (29) palms and soles, dark (Tables 3–5). Additional details (3328 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: Pinto-Sánchez et al. (2015) suggested to synonymize unimarginata, brachypoda and alliacea and roatanae into Marisora unimarginata. Similar species: M. brachypoda, M. unimarginata. Distribution: see map in McCranie et al. 2020: 317 (Fig. 6).
Etymology	The species name (roatanae) is a feminine genitive singular noun referring to the distribution of the species on the island of Roatán.
References	Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1–244 - get paper here McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here McCranie, James R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666 - get paper here MCCRANIE, JAMES R.; AMY J. MATTHEWS, S. BLAIR HEDGES 2020. A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4763 (3): 301–353 - get paper here Pinto-Sánchez, Nelsy Rocío; Martha L. Calderón-Espinosa, Aurelien Miralles, Andrew J. Crawford, Martha Patricia Ramírez-Pinilla 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neotropical skink genus Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) with emphasis on Colombian populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.016 - get paper here Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca 2023. An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. REVISTA NICARAGÜENSE DE BIODIVERSIDAD (100): 1-25 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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