Spondylurus macleani

Spondylurus macleani
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Spondylurus
Species:	S. macleani
Binomial name
Spondylurus macleani (G. Mayer & Lazell, 2000)
Synonyms [1]
Mabuya macleani G. Mayer & Lazell, 2000

Spondylurus macleani, also known commonly as the Carrot Rock skink and the slippery back, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Mabuyinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the islet of Carrot Rock in the British Virgin Islands. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, macleani, is in honor of American evolutionary biologist William P. Maclean III (1943–1991), who was Professor and Department Chair, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Spondylurus macleani is rocky areas with clumps of cacti and Coccoloba uvifera (sea grape). ^[1]

Reproduction

Spondylurus macleani is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Platenberg, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Spondylurus macleani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T47103206A115398337. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T47103206A47103218.en . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. Spondylurus macleani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
3. Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya macleani, p. 165).

Further reading

• Hedges, S.B.; Conn, C.E. (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa. 3288: 1–244.
• Mayer, G.C.; Lazell, J. (2000). "A new species of Mabuya (Sauria: Scincidae) from the British Virgin Islands". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113 (4): 871–886. (Mabuya macleani, new species).