Mabuya mabouya

Mabuya mabouya

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Mabuya
Species:
M. mabouya
Binomial name
Mabuya mabouya
(Bonnaterre, 1789)
Synonyms

Lacertus mabouya
Lacerta mabouya
Scincus mabouya
Mabuya dominicensis
Tiliqua cepedi
Eumeces mabouia
Mabuia cepedii
Mabuia alliacea
Mabuia luciae
Mabuia agilis
Mabuia agilis var. luciae
Mabuya mabouia
Mabuia dominicana
Mabuya deserticola
Mabuya mabuya
Mabuya pergravis

The Greater Martinique skink (Mabuya mabouya) is a species of skink found on Martinique. It has shiny, bronze-colored skin, with a pair of light stripes that run along its upper flanks.

It was previously thought to be widespread throughout the Neotropics, but a taxonomic revision in 2005 established it as endemic to Martinique. With its new, restricted distribution, it is feared to be possibly extinct.

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