Spondylurus culebrae HEDGES & CONN, 2012
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Spondylurus culebrae
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Culebra Skink |
| Synonym | Spondylurus culebrae HEDGES & CONN 2012: 149 Mabuya sloanii — STEJNEGER, 1904:608 (part) Mabuya sloanii — BARBOUR, 1914:320 (part) Mabuya sloanii — SCHMIDT, 1928:121 (part) Mabuya sloanii — BARBOUR, 1930:105 (part) Mabuya semitaeniatus — GRANT, 1931:217 (part) Mabuya semitaeniatus — GRANT, 1932a:162 (part) Mabuya mabouia — BARBOUR, 1935:129 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanii — DUNN, 1936:544 (part) Mabuya mabouia — BARBOUR, 1937:147 (part) Mabuya sloanii — GRANT, 1937:504 (part). Mabuya mabouya sloanei — SCHWARTZ & THOMAS, 1975:141 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloanei — MACLEAN et al., 1977:29 (part) Mabuya mabouya sloani — RIVERO, 1978:71 (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 mabouya sloani — RIVERO, 1998:394 (part) Mabuya sloanii — MAYER & LAZELL, 2000:883 (part) Mabuya sloanii — MIRALLES, 2005: 49 (part) Mabuya sloanii — HENDERSON & POWELL 2009:293 (part) |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico (Culebra, Culebrita) Type locality: Culebra, Puerto Rico |
| Reproduction | viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 73823, an adult male, collected April 1932 on Culebra, Puerto Rico, United States (no specific locality within Culebra) by Chapman Grant. Paratypes (n = 49). Culebra, Puerto Rico. AMNH 14005–06, K. P. Schmidt & B. A. Wall, no specific locality, 5 October 1919; UMMZ 73819–20, UMMZ 73822–23, UMMZ 73826, UMMZ 239548–80 and 239582– 89, C. Grant, no specific locality, February–April, 1932. USNM 576302, no specific locality, R. Thomas. Culebrita, Puerto Rico. UMMZ 80786, C. Grant, no specific locality, August, 1936. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Spondylurus culebrae sp. nov. is characterized by (1) maximum SVL in males, 88.0 mm; (2) maximum SVL in females, 97.6 mm; (3) snout width, 2.28–3.50% SVL; (4) head length, 16.0–21.6% SVL; (5) head width, 11.4–16.1% SVL; (6) ear length, 1.36–2.36% SVL; (7) toe-IV length, 8.42–12.9% SVL; (8) prefrontals, two; (9) supraoculars, three (14%), four (86%); (10) supraciliaries, three (2%), four (90%), five (6%), six (2%); (11) frontoparietals, two (98%), three (2%); (12) supralabial below the eye, five (16%), six (82%), seven (2%); (13) nuchal rows, one (4%), two (88%), three (8%); (14) dorsals, 57–65; (15) ventrals, 60–70; (16) dorsals + ventrals, 121–134; (17) midbody scale rows, 30–36; (18) finger-IV lamellae, 13–16; (19) toe-IV lamellae, 14–19; (20) finger-IV + toe-IV lamellae, 28–34; (21) supranasal contact, Y (80%), N (20%); (22) prefrontal contact, N; (23) supraocular-1/frontal contact, Y (29%), N (71%); (24) parietal contact, Y (98%), N (2%); (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). |
| Comment | Synonymy: Pinto-Sánchez et al. 2015 synonymized culebrae, macleani, and monitae with Spondylurus sloani, which is rejected by McCranie et al. 2020. Conservation status: endangered (Adkins-Giese et al. 2014). |
| Etymology | The species name (culebrae) is a feminine genitive singular noun referring to the distribution of the species on the island of Culebra. |
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