Spondylurus monitae Hedges & Conn, 2012
Monito (islet) skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1993
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Monito islet, Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hedges, S. Blair and Conn, Caitlin E. (2012). A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244.
Other references:
Hedges, B. (2013). Spondylurus monitae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T47103260A47103266. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T47103260A47103266.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2015.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Rolle, F.J., Heatwole, H., Levins, R. and Torres, F. (1964). Faunal notes on Monito Island, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 4: 321-322.
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/20199/spondylurus-monitae
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Spondylurus&species=monitae