Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Mabuya
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Antillean Two-lined Skinks
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Karibische Zweistreifenskinke
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Caribiske Tostribede Skinker
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Mabuya Fitzinger (type species: Mabuya dominicensis Fitzinger 1826) |
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1829 | |
Mabouia Cuvier [invalid emendation] (Smith & Chiszar 1989) |
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1829 | |
Mabuia Cuvier [invalid emendation] (Smith & Chiszar 1989) |
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1839 | |
Mabouya Dumeril & Bibron [invalid emendation] (Smith & Chiszar 1989) |
Contents:
9 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Other common names (no longer recommended):
Grass Skinks, Typical Skinks, Rainbow Skinks, Sun Skinks, Common Skinks, Mabuyas.
Remarks:
Previously a repository genus, including the species or populations now assigned to
Alinea,
Aspronema,
Brasiliscincus,
Capitellum,
Chioninia,
Eutropis,
Exila,
Manciola,
Maracaiba,
Marisora,
Notomabuya,
Orosaura,
Panopa,
Psychosaura,
Trachylepis, and
Varzea.
Mausfeld, Schmitz, Böhme, Misof, Vrcibradic & Rocha (2002) first proposed a splitting of Mabuya into the genera Mabuya (restricted sense),
Chioninia (for Cape Verde species), Euprepis - now
Trachylepis - (for Afro-Malagasy species and atlanticus, a species from Fernando do Noronha Islands, Brazil), and
Eutropis (for Asian species), thus restricting Mabuya to the New World.
Although some authors declined to use the proposed genera
(e.g., Jesus, Brehm & Harris 2005a; Largen & Rasmussen 2006),
most recent works have adopted the arrangement.
Bauer (2003) showed that Euprepis is a synonym of Mabuya (in the restricted sense) and that the next available name for the Afro-Malagasy species plus atlantica is
Trachylepis.
Hedges & Conn (2012) further split up Mabuya by revalidating the genera
Copeoglossum and
Spondylurus, and describing thirteen new genera:
Alinea,
Aspronema,
Brasiliscincus,
Capitellum,
Exila,
Manciola,
Maracaiba,
Marisora,
Notomabuya,
Orosaura,
Panopa,
Psychosaura, and
Varzea. Some authors have critisized this taxonomic arragement and retained the taxonomy in use before then, pending further studies (e.g., Pinto-Sánchez, Calderón-Espinosa, Miralles, Crawford & Ramírez-Pinilla 2015).
A recently discovered population in Isles des Saintes, Guadeloupe (Angin & Gomès 2015) are as yet unassigned to species level.
Distribution:
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Guadeloupe
(½main island,
Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas],
Iles des Saintes
[Terre-de-Bas,
Terre-de-Haut],
Ilet-à-Cochons),
Martinique,
Montserrat.
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Mabuya cochonae
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Cochons Skink
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Cochons-Skink
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Cochons-skink
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Mabuya cochonae Hedges & Conn |
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Mabuya desiradae cochonae Massary, Bochaton, Dewynter, Frétey, Ineich, Lorvelec, Vidal & Lescure 2021 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of desiradae (Miralles, Gomes, Angin & Ibéné 2017).
Revalidated by Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Vidal & Pavis (2019).
Possibly extinct (Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis 2016).
Distribution:
Guadeloupe
(Ilet-à-Cochons).
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Mabuya desiradae
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Desirade Skink
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Desirade-Skink
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Desirade-skink
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Mabuya desiradae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously included cochonae, grandisterrae, guadeloupae, and parviterrae.
Formerly regarded as a population of mabouya (e.g., Schwartz & Henderson 1988; Henderson & Powell 2009),
Spondylurus sloanii (e.g., Mayer & Lazell 2000) or
Varzea bistriata (e.g., Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996; Malhotra & Thorpe 1999).
Distribution:
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Guadeloupe
(½main island,
Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas],
Iles des Saintes
[Terre-de-Bas,
Terre-de-Haut],
Ilet-à-Cochons).
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Mabuya dominicana
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Dominica Skink
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Dominicanischer Skink
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Dominicansk Skink
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Mabuia dominicana Garman |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of mabouya (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Schwartz & Henderson 1988; Henderson & Powell 2009),
Spondylurus sloanii (e.g., Mayer & Lazell 2000) or
Varzea bistriata (e.g., Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996; Malhotra & Thorpe 1999), although regarded as a valid species by Barbour (1914, 1930). Revalidated by Hedges & Conn (2012).
Distribution:
Dominica.
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Mabuya grandisterrae
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Grande-Terre Skink
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Grande-Terre-Skink
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Grande-Terre-skink
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Mabuya grandisterrae Hedges & Conn |
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Mabuya desiradae grandisterrae Massary, Bochaton, Dewynter, Frétey, Ineich, Lorvelec, Vidal & Lescure 2021 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of desiradae (Miralles, Gomes, Angin & Ibéné 2017).
Revalidated by Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Vidal & Pavis (2019).
Possibly extinct (Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012; Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis 2016).
Distribution:
Guadeloupe.
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Mabuya guadeloupae
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Basse-Terre Skink, Guadeloupe Skink
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Basse-Terre-Skink
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Basse-Terre-skink
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Mabuya guadeloupae Hedges & Conn |
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Mabuya desiradae guadeloupae Massary, Bochaton, Dewynter, Frétey, Ineich, Lorvelec, Vidal & Lescure 2021 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of desiradae (Miralles, Gomes, Angin & Ibéné 2017).
Revalidated by Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Vidal & Pavis (2019).
Possibly extinct (Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis 2016).
Distribution:
Guadeloupe.
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Mabuya hispaniolae
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Hispaniolan Two-lined Skink
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Hispaniolischer Zweistreifen-Skink
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Hispaniolansk Tostribet Skink
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Mabuya hispaniolae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of
Spondylurus sloanii (e.g., Schwartz & Henderson 1988; Mayer & Lazell 2000; Henderson & Powell 2009) or
Varzea bistriata (e.g., Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996).
Distribution:
Dominican Republic.
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Mabuya mabouya
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Greater Martinique Skink
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Grosser Martinique-Skink
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Stor Martinique-skink
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Lacerta mabouya Bonnaterre |
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Scincus mabouya Daudin 1803 |
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Mabuya mabouya Fitzinger 1826 |
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Eumeces mabouya Duméril & Bibron 1839 |
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Scincus cepedii Merrem (Hedges & Conn 2012) |
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Tiliqua cepedii Cocteau 1837 |
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Mabouya cepedii Gray 1845 |
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Mabuya dominicensis Fitzinger (Hedges & Conn 2012) |
Remarks:
This species has a history of confusion. In older literature, it was thought to occur from Mexico through Central and South America to the West Indies (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970). Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983) showed that the type specimen of mabouya is not representative of any neotropical skink, but they did not fully resolve the status of the species. The species is now known to occur only in Martinique, where it is possibly extinct (Hedges & Conn 2012; Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012). After it was realized that other West Indian and Neotropical populations could no longer be included in the species mabouya, the names Mabuya bistriata (now
Varzea bistriata) and M. sloanii (now
Spondylurus sloanii) have been used variously for these populations. Hedges & Conn (2012) clarified the status of many of these populations, describing many new species and genera, but they also indicated that many questions remain unanswered, and more species are likely to be described or revalidated in the future.
Distribution:
Martinique.
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Mabuya montserratae
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Montserrat Skink
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Montserrat-Skink
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Montserrat-skink
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Mabuya montserratae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of mabouya (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Schwartz & Henderson 1988; Henderson & Powell 2009),
Spondylurus sloanii (e.g., Mayer & Lazell 2000) or
Varzea bistriata (e.g., Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996; Malhotra & Thorpe 1999).
Distribution:
Montserrat.
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Mabuya parviterrae
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Petite Terre Skink
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Petite-Terre-Skink
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Petite Terre-skink
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Mabuya parviterrae Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis |
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Mabuya desiradae parviterrae Massary, Bochaton, Dewynter, Frétey, Ineich, Lorvelec, Vidal & Lescure 2021 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of desiradae (Miralles, Gomes, Angin & Ibéné 2017).
Revalidated by Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Vidal & Pavis (2019).
Possibly extinct (Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012; Hedges, Lorvelec, Barré, Berchel, Combot, Vidal & Pavis 2016).
Distribution:
Guadeloupe
(Iles de la Petite Terre:
Terre-de-Bas).
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