Mabuyinae
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Goldmabuye ( Trachylepis aurata ) |
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| Mittleman , 1952 |
The Mabuyinae are a subfamily of the Skinks (Scincidae). The only European species of the subfamily is the gold mabuye ( Trachylepis auratus ) found on Rhodes .
features
Diagnostic features of the Mabuyinae are (in most species) nine teeth on the premaxillary , a Meckelian groove (an opening in the middle (inner) surface of the lower jaw from which the Meckel's cartilage emanates) completely closed by overlapping and fused lower jaw bones . The two parts of the pair of parietal bones ( os parietale ) touch each other behind the interparietal. The parietal bone is bounded along its posterior lateral margins by the upper, secondary temporal bone bones and a transversely enlarged nuchal. The outer preanal scales overlap the inner ones, the scales on the top of the fourth toe are arranged in one or more rows. The iris is lighter than the pupil. The hemipenis consists of a short, columnar base and a bulbous tip.
Systematics
The Mabuyinae includes 190 species, which are assigned to the following genera:
- Alinea Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Aspronema Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Brasiliscincus Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Capitellum Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Chioninia Mausfeld, Böhme, Misof, Vrcibradic & Rocha, 2002
- Copeoglossum Tschudi, 1845
- Dasia Gray, 1839
- Eumecia Bocage, 1870
- Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843
- Exila Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Heremites
- Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826
- Manciola Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Maracaiba Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Marisora Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Orosaura Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Panopa Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Psychosaura Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Spondylurus Fitzinger, 1826
- Toenayar Karin et al., 2016
- Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843
- Varzea Hedges & Conn, 2012
- Vietnascincus Darevsky & Orlov, 1994
The subfamily Mabuyinae was established in 1952 by the herpetologist Myron Budd Mittleman. In 2014, the herpetologist Stephen Blair Hedges proposed that the group be given the rank of family (Mabuyidae) and that it be subdivided into subfamilies (Chioniniinae for Chioninia ), Dasiinae (for the Asian Mabuya and Dasia ), Trachylepidinae (for the African Mabuya and Trachylepis ) and Mabuyinae for the rest.
literature
- S. Blair Hedges & Caitlin E. Conn: A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288 © 2012 Magnolia Press, Apr 30, 2012, ISBN 978-1-86977-893-4 , ISBN 978-1-86977-894-1
- S. Blair Hedges: The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha). Zootaxa 3765 (4): 317-338 (Feb. 19, 2014), doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3765.4.2