Mabuya

Mabuya
	Dominica skink Mabuya dominicana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Mabuyinae
Genus:	Mabuya; Fitzinger, 1826
Species
	See text

Mabuya is a genus of long-tailed skinks restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. They are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutherian mammals.[1] 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 now include the genera Alinea, Aspronema, Brasiliscincus, Capitellum, Maracaiba, Marisora, Varzea, and Copeoglossum.

Most species in this genus are feared to be possibly extinct due to introduced predators.

Species

Listed alphabetically by specific name.[2]

Mabuya cochonae Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Cochon's 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, Barre, 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.

Viviparity in lizards, snakes and mammals. Map of Life, Convergent Evolution Online.
Mabuya. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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