Mabuya mabouya

Mabuya mabouya, the Greater Martinique skink, is a species of skink found on Martinique. It has shiny, bronze-colored skin, with a pair of light stripes that run along its upper flanks.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Scincidae

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Mabuya mabouya
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Mabuya
Species:	M. mabouya
Binomial name
Mabuya mabouya (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Synonyms
Lacertus mabouya Lacerta mabouya Scincus mabouya Mabuya dominicensis Tiliqua cepedi Eumeces mabouia Mabuia cepedii Mabuia alliacea Mabuia luciae Mabuia agilis Mabuia agilis var. luciae Mabuya mabouia Mabuia dominicana Mabuya deserticola Mabuya mabuya Mabuya pergravis

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It was previously thought to be widespread throughout the Neotropics, but a taxonomic revision in 2005 established it as endemic to Martinique. With its new, restricted distribution, it is feared to be possibly extinct.^[2]