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may in fact have come from Guyana, perhaps inadvertently introduced into Guyana from Africa, and subsequently become extinct; alternatively, the three known specimens may have been collected in Africa. Among
African
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included various species that have not been found in Guyana again, including some restricted to
Caribbean islands or to other parts of South America. Consequently, Mausfeld and Vrcibradic suggested that
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was not a natural grouping and a mainly
African group of species which also includes the Fernando de Noronha skink was transferred to a separate genus, first named
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below the fourth finger and toe. Consequently, they regarded the two as representing distinct species and recommended that the
Fernando de Noronha species be named
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from the island of
Fernando de Noronha off Brazil. In 1887, the two names were considered by Boulenger to pertain to the same species, which was initially named
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Miralles, A., Chaparro, J.C. and Harvey, M.B. 2009. Three rare and enigmatic South
American skinks. Zootaxa 2012:47–68.
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may be in error. It is an unstriped, olive-brown, grayish animal, with dark spots all over the body. Its
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Noronha species, apparently unaware that the name is preoccupied, and considered
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and heavy keels on the dorsal scales. They were the first to use the current name combination,
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by an older name. In 1935, Dunn disputed that the two were identical, reinstated
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Mausfeld, P. and
Vrcibradic, D. 2002. On the nomenclature of the skink (
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are still unclear. The collection from
Demerara which included
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in a number of characters, indicating their membership in
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701:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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696:Reptiles described in 1839
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268:was first described, as
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519:Miralles et al., 2009
364:Trachylepis atlantica
250:Trachylepis atlantica
556:Trachylepis maculata
396:Trachylepis maculata
200:Trachylepis maculata
188:Trachylepis maculata
150:Trachylepis maculata
25:Trachylepis maculata
342:and the Guyana one
336:subdigital lamellae
255:Fernando de Noronha
686:Reptiles of Guyana
421:Mabuya falconensis
378:because the third
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16:Species of lizard
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691:Trachylepis
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453:T. maculata
443:Trachylepis
438:T. maculata
434:Trachylepis
432:instead of
426:T. maculata
412:T. maculata
407:T. maculata
403:T. maculata
388:Trachylepis
380:supraocular
374:instead of
372:Trachylepis
359:Trachylepis
286:preoccupied
266:T. maculata
232:Trachylepis
225:, northern
214:Trachylepis
119:Trachylepis
680:Categories
459:References
356:and later
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178:Gray, 1839
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245:taxonomic
126:Species:
108:Scincidae
64:Kingdom:
58:Eukaryota
663:maculata
565:Wikidata
368:maculata
354:Euprepis
332:punctata
320:maculata
316:punctata
312:maculata
308:punctata
294:maculata
261:Taxonomy
219:Demerara
167:Synonyms
104:Family:
98:Squamata
88:Reptilia
78:Chordata
74:Phylum:
68:Animalia
54:Domain:
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611:7674807
598:4510195
571:Q977286
384:frontal
160:, 1839)
114:Genus:
94:Order:
84:Class:
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536:Mabuya
430:Mabuya
416:Mabuya
376:Mabuya
349:Mabuya
237:Africa
223:Guyana
203:, the
585:7CL6M
209:skink
632:IUCN
606:GBIF
382:and
310:and
158:Gray
593:EoL
580:CoL
221:in
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