''Copeoglossum'' is a
genus
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of
skink
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. Ski ...
s. They were previously placed in the genus ''
Mabuya
''Mabuya'' is a genus of long-tailed skinks restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. They are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutheri ...
''.
Species
The following five
species
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, listed alphabetically by
specific name, are recognized as being valid:
*''
Copeoglossum arajara''
(Reboucas-Spieker, 1981) – Arajara mabuya
*''
Copeoglossum aurae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Greater Windward skink
*''
Copeoglossum margaritae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Margarita skink
*''
Copeoglossum nigropunctatum''
(Spix, 1825) – Black-spotted skink
*''
Copeoglossum redondae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Redonda skink(
extinct
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)
''
Nota bene
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It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature
and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the atten ...
'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Copeoglossum''.
References
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi
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