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
Marisora
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Middle American Skinks
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Zentralamerikanische Skinke
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Centralamerikanske Skinker
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Marisora Hedges & Conn (type species: Mabuia unimarginata Cope 1862) |
Contents:
13 species, of which 7 (53.8%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
This genus includes species or populations previously assigned to
Mabuya.
Two species (berengerae, pergravis) were previously assigned to
Alinea.
Distribution:
Mexico, Central America, N. South America, West Indies.
Reported from:
Belize,
(incl.
Turneffe Islands),
Colombia
(incl.
Providencia,
San Andres,
Santa Catalina),
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila]),
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Colima,
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Mexico State,
Michoacan,
Morelos,
Nayarit,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo
[incl.
Cozumel],
Sinaloa,
Tabasco,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz
[Isla Grande del Maiz]),
Panama,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Marisora alliacea
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Costa Rican Four-lined Skink, Middle American Four-lined Skink
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Costaricanischer Vierstreifenskink
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Costaricansk Firstribeskink
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Mabuia alliacea Cope |
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Mabuya mabouya alliacea Dunn & Saxe 1950 |
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Marisora alliacea Hedges & Conn 2012 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
unimarginata (e.g., Savage 1973, 2002; Sasa, Chaves & Porras 2010) or of
Mabuya mabouya (e.g., Smith & Taylor 1950; Wilson & Hahn 1973).
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Marisora aquilonaria
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Southern Sierra Madre Skink
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Uruapan-Skink
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Uruapan-Skink
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Marisora aquilonaria McCranie, Matthews & Hedges |
Remarks:
Not listed for Sinaloa by Lemos-Espinal & Smith (2020), although recorded from the state for the first time by Trageser & Schell (2018, as M. brachypoda).
Not listed for Distrito Federal by Lemos-Espinal & Smith (2020).
Probably occurs in Oaxaca, but presence in the state needs confirmation (McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020).
Distribution:
Mexico
(Colima,
Distrito Federal,
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Mexico State,
Michoacan,
Morelos,
Nayarit,
Puebla,
Sinaloa).
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Marisora aurulae
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Lesser Windward Skink
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Südantillischer Skink
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Sydantillisk Skink
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Marisora aurulae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of
falconensis (e.g., Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós 2009),
Mabuya 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; Murphy 1997). Possibly extinct in Grenada Island (Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012).
Distribution:
Grenada,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad).
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Marisora berengerae
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San Andres Skink
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San Andres-Skink
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San Andres-skink
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Mabuya berengerae Miralles |
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Alinea berengerae Hedges & Conn 2012 |
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Marisora berengerae McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 |
Remarks:
Probably extinct. Known only from a single specimen.
Distribution:
Colombia
(San Andres).
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Marisora brachypoda
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Middle American Short-limbed Skink, (Viviparous Skink, Western Middle American Skink)
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Zentralamerikanischer Kurzbeinskink
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Centralamerikansk Kortbenet Skink
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1956 | |
Mabuya brachypoda Taylor |
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Marisora brachypoda Hedges & Conn 2012 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of unimarginata (e.g., Savage 1973; Lee 1996; Köhler 2000; Stafford & Meyer 2000; Köhler, Veselý & Greenbaum 2006) or of
Mabuya mabouya (e.g., Wilson & Hahn 1973),
or as a separate species, including the populations now assigned to aquilonaria, lineola, roatanae, syntoma, and urtica.
Hedges & Conn (2012) did not mention the presence of brachypoda in El Salvador, although reported by several authors [as unimarginata]
(e.g., Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988; Herrera, Henríquez & Vaquerano 2007; Köhler 2000; Köhler, Veselý & Greenbaum 2006).
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua.
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Marisora falconensis
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Venezuelan Coastal Skink
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Venezuelanischer Küstenskink
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Venezuelansk Kystskink
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Mabuya falconensis Mijares-Urrutia & Arends R. |
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Marisora falconensis Hedges & Conn 2012 |
Remarks:
Currently considered restricted to Venezuela.
Records from Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (Young Island) and from Tobago are now assigned to aurulae (Hedges & Conn 2012).
Records from Colombia refer to an as yet undescribed species (Pinto-Sánchez, Calderón-Espinosa, Miralles, Crawford & Ramírez-Pinilla 2015).
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Marisora lineola
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Mayan Skink
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Mayaskink
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Mayaskink
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Marisora lineola McCranie, Matthews & Hedges |
Distribution:
Belize
(incl.
Turneffe Islands),
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Quintana Roo,
[incl.
Cozumel],
Tabasco,
Veracruz,
Yucatan).
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Marisora magnacornae
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East Nicaraguan Skink, Islas del Maiz Skink, Corn Island Skink
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Ostnicaraguanischer Skink, Islas-del-Maiz-Skink
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Østnicaraguansk Skink, Islas del Maiz-skink
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Marisora magnacornae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of brachypoda (e.g., Taylor 1956; Webb 1958; Campbell 1998), unimarginata (e.g., Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988; Lee 1996; Savage 2002) or of
Mabuya mabouya (e.g., Dunn 1936; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970).
Distribution:
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz:
Isla Grande del Maiz).
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Marisora pergravis
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Providencia Skink
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Providencia-Skink
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Providencia-skink
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Mabuya pergravis Barbour |
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Mabuya mabouya pergravis Dunn & Saxe 1950 |
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Alinea pergravis Hedges & Conn 2012 |
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Marisora pergravis McCranie, Matthews & Hedges 2020 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Miralles (2006).
Distribution:
Colombia
(Providencia,
Santa Catalina).
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Marisora roatanae
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Roatan Skink, Honduran Skink
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Roatan-Skink
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Roatan-skink
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Marisora roatanae Hedges & Conn |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of brachypoda (e.g., Taylor 1956; Webb 1958; Campbell 1998),
unimarginata (e.g., Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988; Lee 1996; Savage 2002; McCranie, Wilson & Köhler 2005), or of
Mabuya mabouya (e.g., Dunn 1936; Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970; Wilson & Hahn 1973).
Distribution:
Guatemala,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila]),
Nicaragua.
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Marisora syntoma
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Tehuantepec Skink
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Tehuantepec-Skink
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Tehuantepec-skink
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Marisora syntoma McCranie, Matthews & Hedges |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca).
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Marisora unimarginata
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Middle American Long-limbed Skink, Southern Middle American Skink, Central American Shiny Skink, Bronze-backed Climbing Skink, (Central American Mabuya)
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Zentralamerikanischer Langbeinskink
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Centralamerikansk Langbenet Skink
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Mabuia unimarginata Cope |
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Marisora unimarginata Hedges & Conn 2012 |
Remarks:
Previously included alliacea and brachypoda. M. unimarginata itself has been regarded as a synonym of
Mabuya mabouya (e.g., Burger 1952), although others have retained it as a valid species (e.g., Savage 1973; Lee 1996). Hedges & Conn (2012) did not mention the presence of unimarginata in Colombia, although reported by Miralles, Chaparro & Harvey (2009).
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Panama.
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Marisora unimarginata
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Marisora urtica
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Fonseca Islands Skink
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Fonseca-Skink
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Fonseca-Skink
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Marisora urtica McCranie, Matthews & Hedges |
Distribution:
Honduras
(Fonseca Islands
[Isla Exposición,
Isla Garrobo]).
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