Alinea luciae (GARMAN, 1887)
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Alinea luciae
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Saint Lucia Skink |
| Synonym | Mabuia luciae GARMAN 1887 Mabuia agilis var. luciae — BOULENGER 1891 Mabuya luciae — BARBOUR 1914:322 Mabuya luciae — BARBOUR 1930:105. Mabuya mabouia — BARBOUR 1935:129 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — DUNN 1936:544 (part) Mabuya mabouia — BARBOUR 1937:147 (part) Mabuya mabouia — UNDERWOOD 1963:83 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970:200 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — SCHWARTZ & THOMAS, 1975:141 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — MACLEAN et al. 1977:40 (part). Mabuya mabouya mabouya — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988:150 (part) Mabuya mabouya mabouya — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991:457 (part) Mabuya bistriata — POWELL et al., 1996:82 (part) Mabuya sloanii — MAYER & LAZELL, 2000:883 (part) Mabuya mabouya — BREUIL, 2002:267 (part) Mabuya mabouya — MIRALLES 2005:49 (part) Mabuya mabouya — HENDERSON & POWELL 2009:292 (part) Mabuya luciae — MIRALLES et al. 2009 Alinea luciae — HEDGES & CONN 2012 |
| Distribution | St Lucia Island Type locality: “St Lucia” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ R-6046, collected by Samuel Walton Garman on Saint Lucia in April, 1879. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Alinea luciae is characterized by (1) maximum SVL in males, not available; (2) maximum SVL in females, 109 mm; (3) snout width, 2.90–3.22% SVL; (4) head length, 17.5–18.4% SVL; (5) head width, 12.7– 14.1% SVL; (6) ear length, 0.983% SVL; (7) toe-IV length, 11.9% SVL; (8) prefrontals, two; (9) supraoculars, four; (10) supraciliaries, four (60%), five (40%); (11) frontoparietals, two; (12) supralabial below the eye, five; (13) nuchal rows, two (40%), three (60%); (14) dorsals, 54–57; (15) ventrals, 61–69; (16) dorsals + ventrals, 116–125; (17) midbody scale rows, 28–30; (18) finger-IV lamellae, 14–15; (19) toe-IV lamellae, 17–20; (20) finger-IV + toe- IV lamellae, 31–35; (21) supranasal contact, Y (80%), N (20%); (22) prefrontal contact, Y (25%), N (75%); (23) supraocular-1/frontal contact, Y (60%), N (40%); (24) parietal contact, Y; (25) pale middorsal stripe, N; (26) dark dorsolateral stripe, N; (27) dark lateral stripe, N; (28) pale lateral stripe, N; and (29) palms and soles, dark (Tables 3–5). Within the Genus Alinea, A. luciae is distinguished from A. berengerae by having fewer dorsals (54–57 versus 59), a wider head (head width 12.7–14.1% SVL versus 11.9%), a wider snout (2.90–3.22% SVL versus 2.55%), shorter toes (toe-IV length 11.9% SVL versus 12.8%), 2–3 rows of nuchals (versus one row), and a non-attenuate body shape (attenuate in A. berengerae). Alinea luciae differs from A. lanceolata by having a wider snout (snout width 2.90–3.22% SVL versus 1.90–2.71%), fewer dorsals (54–57 versus 59–61), and 2–3 rows of nuchals (versus one row). From A. pergravis, it differs by having fewer dorsals (54–57 versus 62–63), fewer ventrals (61–69 versus 70–73), fewer dorsals + ventrals (116–125 versus 132–136), and a non-attenuate body shape (attenuate in A. pergravis) [HEDGES & CONN 2012]. |
| Comment | Synonymy after HEDGES & CONN 2012. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Conservation: extinct fide Chapple et al. 2020 (in prep.). |
| Etymology | The species name (luciae) is a feminine genitive singular noun, referring to the distribution of the species on St. Lucia. |
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