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Greater Martinique Skink
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Lizards & worm lizards

Greater Martinique Skink

Mabuya mabouya (Bonnaterre, 1789)

CR Critically Endangered

Names

EnglishGreater Martinique Skink
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Spanish—
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Scientific nameMabuya mabouya (Bonnaterre, 1789)

About this species

Mabuya mabouya, the Greater Martinique skink, is a species of skink found on Martinique. It has shiny, bronze-colored skin, with a pair of light stripes that run along its upper flanks.

It was previously thought to be widespread throughout the Neotropics, but a taxonomic revision in 2005 established it as endemic to Martinique. With its new, restricted distribution, it is feared to be possibly extinct.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyScincidae
GenusMabuya

In Suriname

42Records in Suriname
1922First record
1989Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini12
  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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