Mabuya mabouya

Mabuya mabouya
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Mabuya
Species:	M. mabouya
Binomial name
Mabuya mabouya (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Synonyms
Lacertus mabouya Lacerta mabouya Scincus mabouya Mabuya dominicensis Tiliqua cepedi Eumeces mabouia Mabuia cepedii Mabuia alliacea Mabuia luciae Mabuia agilis Mabuia agilis var. luciae Mabuya mabouia Mabuia dominicana Mabuya deserticola Mabuya mabuya Mabuya pergravis

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. ^[2]

References

1. Hedges, B.; Powell, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Mabuya mabouya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T47102893A115397074. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T47102893A47102903.en . Retrieved 15 April 2020.
2. Mabuya mabouya at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 27 November 2017.