Mabuya is a genus of long-tailed skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. Out of 26 recognized species, six species are only found in Caribbean islands[1]. Species in the genus Mabuya are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutherian mammals.[2] Formerly, many Old World species were placed here, as Mabuya was a kind of "wastebasket taxon". These Old World species are now placed in the genera Chioninia, Eutropis, and Trachylepis. Under the older classification, the New World species were referred to as "American mabuyas", and as of 2024 include the genera Alinea, Aspronema, Brasiliscincus, Capitellum, Copeoglossum, Maracaiba, Marisora, and Varzea.
| Mabuya | |
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| Dominica skink Mabuya dominicana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Mabuyinae |
| Genus: | Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 |
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Most species in this genus are feared to be possibly extinct due to introduced predators.
Species
editListed alphabetically by specific name.[3]
- Mabuya cochonae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Cochons skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya desiradae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Désirade skink
- Mabuya dominicana Garman, 1887 – Dominica skink
- Mabuya grandisterrae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Grande-Terre skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya guadeloupae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Guadeloupe skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya hispaniolae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Hispaniolan two-lined skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya mabouya (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Greater Martinique skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya montserratae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Montserrat skink (possibly extinct)
- Mabuya parviterrae Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis, 2016 – Petite Terre skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mabuya.
References
edit- ^ Blair, H. S. (2012, April 30). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Burbank. Retrieved November 3, 2024,.
- ^ Viviparity in lizards, snakes and mammals. Map of Life, Convergent Evolution Online.
- ^ Mabuya. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K.K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. 5 unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Mabuya, new genus, p. 23). (in German and Latin).
External links
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Media related to Mabuya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Mabuya at Wikispecies- Mabuya by Cyberlizard at web.archive.org.
