Capitellum metallicum (Bocourt, 1879:400)
Lesser Martinique skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mabuya metallica Bocourt, 1879:400
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1820 or later; 1830 (Martin et al., 20123)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Martinique, Martinique Bank, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Lectotype: MNHN 5424 (adult female)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bocourt, M. F. (1879). Recherches Zoologiques pour Servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique, Etudes sur les Reptiles. In: Duméril, A., Bocourt, M.F. & Mocquard, F. (Eds.), Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale, Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, pp. 360-440.
Other references:
Barbour, Thomas. (1930). A list of Antillean Reptiles and Amphibians Zoologica 11(4): 61-116.
Barbour, Thomas. (1935). A second list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians. Zoologica 19(3): 77-141.
Boulenger, G. A. (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp.
Hedges, S. Blair and Conn, Caitlin E. (2012). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244. [designated the lectotype]
Hedges, B. and Powell, R. (2016). Capitellum metallicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T47102682A47102692. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Powell, Robert and Henderson, Robert W. (2012). Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85-166. [considers this taxon possibly extinct]
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16064/capitellum-metallicum-lesser-martinique-skink
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Capitellum&species=metallicum