Spondylurus monitae HEDGES & CONN, 2012
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Spondylurus monitae
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Monito Skink |
| Synonym | Spondylurus monitae HEDGES & CONN 2012: 182 Mabuya mabouya sloanii — ROLLE et al. 1964: 322 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975: 141 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — MACLEAN et al. 1977: 27 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — HEATWOLE et al. 1981: 34 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 151 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 457 (part) Mabuya bistriata — POWELL et al. 1996: 82 (part) Mabuya sloanii — HENDERSON & POWELL 2009: 293 (part) |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico (Isla Monito) Type locality: Isla Monito, Puerto Rico |
| Reproduction | viviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 576301, an adult female, collected on Isla Monito, Puerto Rico, United States, 12–13 February 1993, by Manuel Leal and Richard Thomas. Field tag USNMFS 192877. Paratypes (n = 6). Isla Monito, Puerto Rico. RT 11377–79, 11427, Manuel Leal and Richard Thomas, 3–4 April 1993; RT 11391, Miguel Garcia, Manuel Leal, and Richard Thomas, 13–14 April 1993; and RT 11430, Richard Thomas, November 1993. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Spondylurus monitae sp. nov. is characterized by (1) maximum SVL in males, 90.3 mm; (2) maximum SVL in females, 94.5 mm; (3) snout width, 2.42–3.16% SVL; (4) head length, 16.2–17.8% SVL; (5) head width, 11.5–13.8% SVL; (6) ear length, 1.35–1.59% SVL; (7) toe-IV length, 8.34–10.7% SVL; (8) prefrontals, two; (9) supraoculars, three (43%), four (57%); (10) supraciliaries, three (29%), four (43%), five (29%); (11) frontoparietals, two; (12) supralabial below the eye, five; (13) nuchal rows, two; (14) dorsals, 62–64; (15) ventrals, 64–69; (16) dorsals + ventrals, 126–132; (17) midbody scale rows, 32–34; (18) finger-IV lamellae, 12–15; (19) toe-IV lamellae, 16–17; (20) finger-IV + toe-IV lamellae, 29–32; (21) supranasal contact, N; (22) prefrontal contact, N; (23) supraocular-1/frontal contact, Y (86%), N (14%); (24) parietal contact, Y; (25) pale middorsal stripe, Y; (26) dark dorsolateral stripe, Y; (27) dark lateral stripe, Y; (28) pale lateral stripe, Y; and (29) palms and soles, pale (Tables 3–5). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2206 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Pinto-Sánchez et al. 2015 synonymized culebrae, macleani, and monitae with Spondylurus sloani, which was rejected by McCranie et al. 2020. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | The species name (monitae) is a feminine genitive singular noun referring to the distribution of the species on the island of Monito (it is feminine despite the masculine diminutive Spanish island name). |
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