''Marisora'' 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 are found in Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
Species
The following 13
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:
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Marisora alliacea''
(Cope, 1875)
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Marisora aquilonaria''
McCranie, Matthews, & Hedges, 2020 – Southern Sierra Madre skink
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Marisora aurulae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Lesser Windward skink
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Marisora berengerae'' () – San Andrés skink
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Marisora brachypoda''
(Taylor, 1956)
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Marisora falconensis''
(Mijares-Urrutia & Arends, 1997)
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Marisora lineola''
McCranie, Matthews, & Hedges, 2020 – Mayan skink
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Marisora magnacornae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Corn Island skink
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Marisora pergravis'' – Providencia skink
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Marisora roatanae''
Hedges & Conn, 2012 – Roatán skink
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Marisora syntoma''
McCranie, Matthews, & Hedges, 2020 – Tehuantepec skink
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Marisora unimarginata''
(Cope, 1862) – Central American mabuya
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Marisora urtica''
McCranie, Matthews, & Hedges, 2020 – Fonseca Islands skink
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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 ''Marisora''.
References
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges
Taxa named by Caitlin E. Conn
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