A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)

By S. Blair Hedges, Caitlin E. Conn. 2012

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change

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Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards (2013, background): “…1 1 Taylor 1963 Honda et al. 2006 Scincidae Tropidophorus noggei 16.1 79.6 17.3 83.7 4.5 NA 1 2 Ziegler et al. 2005 NA Scincidae Varzea bistriata 19.2 89.8 20.1 85.9 4.7 Viviparous 24 35 Vitt and Blackburn 1991 Whiting et al. 2006, Hedges and Conn 2012 26 b. References: Amaral, A. D. 1933.”
Invasive predators and global biodiversity loss (2016, background): “Central America (including the Caribbean) has experienced the most extinctions (33 species), followed by Micro-/Mela-/ Polynesia (25), Australia (21), the Madagascar region (20), New Zealand (15), and Hawaii (11), with the remaining regions having 0–7 species extinctions each (Fig.”
Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates (2016, background): “Indirect human impact, such as the introduction of invasive carnivores (e.g. Herpestes auropunctatus, Felis catus) and rats (Rattus spp.) is directly linked to the extinction of a wide variety of insular reptile species (e.g. Hedges & Conn, 2012).”
The Importance of Islands for the Protection of Biological and Linguistic Diversity (2015, background): “The timing of these two threats occurring on islands likely contributes to this difference, with the introduction of invasive species rapidly leading to the early extinction of many vulnerable species (Hedges and Conn 2012) before habitat loss becomes a significant threat.”
The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation? (2022, unknown): “…not declare them as extinct, for example, plants (Fischer & Rahelivololona, 2002), insects (Tian & Deuve, 2007; Tan & Hua, 2008; Penz, Simonsen & Devries, 2011), mammals (Helgen, Helgen & Wilson, 2009), amphibians (Coloma et al ., 2010), reptiles (Hedges & Conn, 2012) and birds (Lees & Pimm, 2015).”
A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes (2013, background): “Thus, their new taxonomy changes the long-standing definition of Scincidae unnecessarily (see [113]).”
Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (2020, background): “A split of the Scincidae into seven families would affect the systematics of the European genera, with Ablepharus being placed into Eugongylidae, Heremites into Mabuyidae and the remaining genera Chalcides, Ophiomorus and Eumeces remaining in Scincidae s.s. (Hedges and Conn, 2012; Hedges, 2014).”
Extinct, obscure or imaginary: The lizard species with the smallest ranges (2017, unknown): “…on all traits are known) Infraorder Latitude Realm Body mass Description year Nocturnal Legs Diurnal Fossorial Saxicolous Insularity Terrestrial Arboreal Relative score 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Liolaemus melanopleurus, Pincheira- Donoso & Nuñez, 2005; Capitellum parvicruzae, Hedges & Conn, 2012).”