Spondylurus sloanii, also known commonly as Sloane's skink or the Virgin Islands bronze skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Spondylurus |
| Species: | S. sloanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Spondylurus sloanii (Daudin, 1803)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, sloanii, is in honor of British naturalist Hans Sloane.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of S. sloanii are the intertidal zone and shrubland.[1]
Reproduction edit
S. sloanii is viviparous.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Hedges, B. (2013). "Spondylurus sloanii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T47103310A47103318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T47103310A47103318.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Spondylurus sloanii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya sloanii, p. 246).
Further reading edit
- Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S.Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: F. Dufart. 397 pp. (Scincus sloanii, new species, pp. 287–290). (in French and Latin).
- Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean Islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Spondylurus sloanii, pp. 201–207).
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