Marisora berengerae, also known commonly as the San Andrés mabuya and the San Andrés skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to San Andrés, an island in the southwestern Caribbean.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Marisora |
| Species: | M. berengerae
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| Binomial name | |
| Marisora berengerae (Miralles, 2006)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, berengerae, is in honor of Bérengère Miralles who is the wife Aurélien Miralles, the describer of this species.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of M. berengerae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 80 m (260 ft).[1]
Behavior
editM. berengerae is arboreal and has been found high in palms and other trees.[1]
Reproduction
editM. berengerae is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Caicedo J, Ramirez M, Calderón M (2015). "Alinea berengerae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579089A115387249. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579089A44579098.en. Downloaded on 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Marisora berengerae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya berengerae, p. 24).
Further reading
edit- Caicedo JR (2014). "Redescubrimiento de Mabuya berengerae, Mabuya pergravis (Squamata: Scincidae) y Coniophanes andresensis (Squamata: Colubridae) y evaluación de su estado de amenaza en las islas de San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia [Rediscovery of Mabuya berengerae, Mabuya pergravis (Squamata: Scincidae) and Coniophanes andresensis (Squamata: Colubridae), and assessment of its threatened status in the San Andrés and Providencia Islands, Colombia]". Caldasia 36 (1): 181–201. (in Spanish).
- Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Alinea berengerae, new combination).
- Miralles A (2006). "A new species of Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) from the Caribbean Island of San Andrés, with a new interpretation of nuchal scales: A character of taxonomic importance". Herpetological Journal 16 (1): 1–7. (Mabuya berengerae, new species).