Marisora berengerae

Marisora berengerae, also known commonly as the San Andrés mabuya and the San Andrés skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to San Andrés, an island in the southwestern Caribbean.[2]

Marisora berengerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Marisora
Species:
M. berengerae
Binomial name
Marisora berengerae
(Miralles, 2006)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya berengerae
    Miralles, 2006
  • Alinea berengerae
    — Hedges & Conn, 2012
  • Marisora berengerae
    — Pinto-Sánchez et al., 2015

Etymology

The specific name, berengerae, is in honor of Bérengère Miralles who is the wife Aurélien Miralles, the describer of this species.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. berengerae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 80 m (260 ft).[1]

Behavior

M. berengerae is arboreal and has been found high in palms and other trees.[1]

Reproduction

M. berengerae is viviparous.[2]

References
  1. Caicedo J, Ramirez M, Calderón M (2015). "Alinea berengerae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579089A115387249. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579089A44579098.en. Downloaded on 16 April 2020.
  2. Marisora berengerae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya berengerae, p. 24).

Further reading
  • Caicedo JR (2014). "Redescubrimiento de Mabuya berengerae, Mabuya pergravis (Squamata: Scincidae) y Coniophanes andresensis (Squamata: Colubridae) y evaluación de su estado de amenaza en las islas de San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia [Rediscovery of Mabuya berengerae, Mabuya pergravis (Squamata: Scincidae) and Coniophanes andresensis (Squamata: Colubridae), and assessment of its threatened status in the San Andrés and Providencia Islands, Colombia]". Caldasia 36 (1): 181–201. (in Spanish).
  • Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Alinea berengerae, new combination).
  • Miralles A (2006). "A new species of Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) from the Caribbean Island of San Andrés, with a new interpretation of nuchal scales: A character of taxonomic importance". Herpetological Journal 16 (1): 1–7. (Mabuya berengerae, new species).


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