''Spondylurus sloanii'', also known
commonly as Sloane's skink or the Virgin Islands bronze skink, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is native to the
United States Virgin Islands and the
British Virgin Islands.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''sloanii'', is in honor of British naturalist
Hans Sloane.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Mabuya sloanii'', p. 246).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitats of ''S. sloanii'' are the
intertidal zone
The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats with various species o ...
and
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
.
Reproduction
''S. sloanii'' is
viviparous.
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References
Further reading
* Daudin FM (1802). ''Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S.Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome quatrième'' olume 4 Paris: F. Dufart. 397 pp. (''Scincus sloanii'', new species, pp. 287–290). (in French and Latin).
* Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean Islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". ''Zootaxa'' 3288: 1–244. (''Spondylurus sloanii'', pp. 201–207).
Spondylurus
Reptiles described in 1803
Reptiles of the Caribbean
Endemic fauna of the Caribbean
Taxa named by François Marie Daudin
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