''Copeoglossum'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
s. They were previously placed in the genus ''
Mabuya
''Mabuya'' is a genus of long-tailed skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. Out of 26 recognized species, six species are only found in Caribbean islands. Species in the genus ...
''.
Species
The following five
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, listed alphabetically by
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 ...
, are recognized as being valid:
*''
Copeoglossum arajara''
(Reboucas-Spieker, 1981) – Arajara mabuya
*''
Copeoglossum aurae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Greater Windward skink
*''
Copeoglossum margaritae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Margarita skink
*''
Copeoglossum nigropunctatum''
(Spix, 1825) – Black-spotted skink
*''
Copeoglossum redondae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Redonda skink(
extinct
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)
''
Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Copeoglossum''.
References
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi
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