| Marisora aquilonaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Marisora |
| Species: | M. aquilonaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Marisora aquilonaria McCranie, Matthews, & Hedges, 2020 | |
The Southern Sierra Madre skink (Marisora aquilonaria) is a species of skink found in Mexico. [1]
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.
Mabuya is a genus of long-tailed skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. Species in the genus Mabuya are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutherian mammals. 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 as of 2024 include the genera Alinea, Aspronema, Brasiliscincus, Capitellum, Copeoglossum, Maracaiba, Marisora, and Varzea.
Trinidad and Tobago are continental islands with a geologically very recent history of direct land bridge connection to South America. As a result, unlike most of the Caribbean Islands, Trinidad and Tobago supports a primarily South American flora and fauna and has greater diversity of plant and animal species than the Antilles. However, rates of endemism are lower than in the rest of the Caribbean because there has been less time for genetic isolation from mainland populations because of the history of land bridge connections and hence fewer opportunities for speciation, and so a greater proportion of the species in Trinidad and Tobago are also found on the South American mainland. Trinidad is nearer to mainland South America and has been directly connected to the mainland via land bridges more often and for longer periods than Tobago. This, as well as Trinidad's larger size and more varied topography and hydrology compared to that of Tobago allow greater species and ecosystem diversity on the former compared to that on the later of the islands.
Cullen skink is a thick Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions. An authentic Cullen skink will use finnan haddie, but it may be prepared with any other undyed smoked haddock.
Turbonilla aquilonaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Marisora is a genus of skinks. They are found in Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
Mabuyinae is a subfamily of lizards, commonly known as skinks, within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Mabuya group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.
Marisora alliacea is a species of skink found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
The Lesser Windward skink is a species of skink found in St. Vincent and Tobago.
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.
Marisora brachypoda is a species of skink found in Mexico and Central America.
Marisora falconensis is a species of skink found in Venezuela and Colombia.
The Corn Island skink is a species of skink found on Great Corn Island in Nicaragua.
The Providencia skink is a species of skink found on Providencia.
The Roatán skink is a species of skink found on Roatán in Honduras.
The Central American mabuya is a species of skink found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua.
The Mayan skink is a species of skink found in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize.
The Tehuantepec skink is a species of skink found in Mexico.
The Fonseca Islands skink is a species of skink found in Honduras.
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