Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Scincidae West Indies Taxonomy of the genus Mabuya Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Mabuya (Antillean Two-lined Skinks) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Mabuya in general Bauer, A.M. 2003. On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks. African Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 1-7. Blackburn, D.G.; Vitt, L.J. 1992. Reproduction in viviparous South American lizards of the genus Mabuya. pp. 150-164. In: Hamlett, W.C. (ed.). Reproductive biology of South American vertebrates. Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, etc. 328 pp. Brygoo, E.R. 1981. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 8. Les Mabuya des iles de l'océan Indien occidental: Comores, Europa. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(3): 911-930. Caicedo-Portilla, R.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2010. Diet, microhabitat use and daily activity patterns of an andean population of Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae). South American Journal of Herpetology 5(1): 57-63. Carranza, S.; Arnold, E.N. 2003. Investigating the origin of transoceanic distributions: mtDNA shows Mabuya lizards (Reptilia, Scincidae) crossed the Atlantic twice. Systematics and Biodiversity 1(2): 275-282. Chadwick, E.; Slater, F. 2005. A population of skinks (Mabuya spp.) and the gecko Hemidactylus bouvieri boavistensis behind coastal dunes on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Herpetological Bulletin 92: 14-18. Cooper, W.E. 2000. An adaptive difference in the relationship between foraging mode and responses to prey chemicals in two congeneric scincid lizards. Ethology 106(3): 193-206. Cooper, W.E.; Whiting, M.J. 2000. Ambush and active foraging modes both occur in the scincid genus Mabuya. Copeia 2000(1): 112-118. Dunn, E.R. 1936. Notes on American Mabuyas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87 [1935]: 533-557. Flemming, A.F.; Blackburn, D.G. 2003. Evolution of placental specializations in viviparous African and South American lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology 299A(1): 33-47. Gallardo, J.M. 1968. Las especies argentinas del género "Mabuya" Fitzinger (Scincidae, Sauria). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia Zoologia 9: 177-196. Gallardo, J.M. 1968. Les especies Argentinos del genero 'Mabuya' Fitzinger (Scincidae, Sauria). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias 9: 177-196. Greer, A.E. 1977. The systematics and evolutionary relationships of the scincid lizard genus Lygosoma. Journal of Natural History 11(5): 515-540. Greer, A.E.; Arnold, C.; Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21(1): 121-126. Greer, A.E.; Broadley, D.G. 2000. Six characters of systematic importance in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Hamadryad 25(1): 1-12. Greer, A.E.; Nussbaum, R.A. 2000. New character useful in the systematics of the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Copeia 2000(2): 615-618. Harvey, M.B.; Aguayo, R.; Miralles, A. 2008. Redescription and biogeography of Mabuya cochabambae Dunn with comments on Bolivian congeners (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 1828: 43-56. Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Kobayashi, M.; Nabhitabhata, J.; Yong, H.S.; Hikida, T. 1999. Evolution of Asian and African lygosomine skinks of the Mabuya group (Reptilia: Scincidae): a molecular perspective. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 16(6): 979-984. Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Köhler, G.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L.; Chen, S.L.; Hikida, T. 2003. Phylogeny of the lizard subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the origin of the New World taxa. Genes and Genetic Systems 78(1): 71-80. Horton, D.R. 1973. Evolution of the genus Mabuya (Lacertilia, Scincidae). Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New England, Armidale. 311 pp. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1950. Opinion 92. "Mabuya" Fitzinger, 1826, correction in the "Official list of generic names in Zoology". Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 4(13-15): 356. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 240. Correction of an erroneous entry in the "Official List of Generic Names in Zoology" relating to the type species of the nominal genus "Mabuya" Fitzinger, 1826 (Class Reptilia) (correction of an error in "Opinion" 92). Opinions of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 5: 1-12. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 30. Determination of the gender to be attributed to the names of fifty-seven genera of fishes, cyclostomes, reptiles and amphibia placed on the "Official List of Generic Names in Zoology" in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions of the International Committee on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 287-298. Jesus, J.; Brehm, A.; Harris, D.J. 2005. Relationships of scincid lizards (Mabuya spp.) from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea based on mtDNA sequence data. Amphibia-Reptilia 26(4): 467-473. Joger, U. 1993. On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde Islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 437-444. Mausfeld, P.; Vences, M.; Schmitz, A.; Veith, M. 2000. First data on the molecular phylogeography of scincid lizards of the genus Mabuya. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(1): 11-14. Miralles, A.; Carranza, S. 2010. Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Mabuya, with special emphasis on the Amazonian skink Mabuya nigropunctata (Reptilia, Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(3): 857-869. Miralles, A.; Fuenmayor, G.R.; Barrio-Amoros, C.L. 2005. Taxonomy of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) in Venezuela. Zoosystema 27(4): 825-837. Miralles, A.; Gomes, R.; Angin, B.; Ibéné, B. 2017. Étude systématique des scinques Mabuya de l'archipel guadeloupéen (Squamata, Scincidae). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 163: 67-84. Oliveira, M.E.; Martins, M. 1998. Natural history notes: Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (NCN). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(2): 105. Pinheiro, M. 1989. Mabuya delalandii (Dum. & Bibr.) e Mabuya vaillanti Blgr. (Sauria, Scincidae) do arquipelago de Cabo Verde. Garcia de Orta Serie de Zoologia 13(1-2): 49-55. Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2006. Placental transfer of nutrients during gestation in an Andean population of the highly matrotrophic lizard genus Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetological Monographs 20: 194-204. Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2014. [Reproductive biology and placentotrophy in lizards of the genus Mabuya]. (In Spanish). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales (Suppl. S) 38: 106-117. Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P.; Rueda, E.D.; Stashenko, E. 2011. Transplacental nutrient transfer during gestation in the Andean lizard Mabuya sp. (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 181(2): 249-268. Reboucas-Spieker, R. 1974. Distribution and differentiation of animals along the coast and in continental islands of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2. 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Preliminary comments on the classification of skinks (family Scincidae) with specific reference to those genera found in Africa, Europe and southwest Asia. Herptile 7(4): 25-27. Wever, E.G. 1973. The function of the middle ear in lizards: Eumeces and Mabuya (Scincidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 183(2): 225-240. Whiting, A.S.; Sites, J.W.; Pellegrino, K.C.M.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2006. Comparing alignment methods for inferring the history of the new world lizard genus Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3): 719-730. Withers, P.C. 1981. Physiological correlates of limblessness and fossoriality in scincid lizards. Copeia 1981(1): 197-204. Mabuya desiradae Angin, B.; Gomes, R. 2015. First report of a skink population in Les Saintes (Guadeloupe, FWI). Caribbean Herpetology 52: 1-2. Gomes, R.; Ibene, B. 2013. Mabuya desiradae (Desirade Skink). Distribution. Caribbean Herpetology 43: 1. Hedges, S.B.; Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244. Miralles, A.; Gomes, R.; Angin, B.; Ibéné, B. 2017. Étude systématique des scinques Mabuya de l'archipel guadeloupéen (Squamata, Scincidae). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 163: 67-84. Pare, T.; Lorvelec, O. 2012. Mabuya desiradae (Desirade Skink). Conservation. Caribbean Herpetology 38: 1. Mabuya dominicana Brooks, G.R. 1968. Body temperatures of three lizards from Dominica, West Indies. Herpetologica 24: 209-214. Reardon, J. 1996. Herping in the Caribbean. Part 3 (or Skinks above and snakes below). Rephiberary 219: 7-8. Mabuya hispaniolae Hedges, S.B.; Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244. Mabuya mabouya Bocourt, M.F. 1873-1897. Études sur les reptiles et les batraciens.pp. 361-440. In: Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Vols. 2-15, pp. 33-860. 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