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    The Noronha skink (Trachylepis atlantica) is a species of skink from the island of Fernando de Noronha off northeastern Brazil. It is covered with dark...
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    Fernando de Noronha (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [feʁˈnɐ̃du dʒi noˈɾoɲɐ]), officially the State District of Fernando de Noronha (Portuguese: Distrito...
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  • enigmatic skink, purportedly from Peru. First described in 1845 on the basis of a single specimen, it may be the same as the Noronha skink (T. atlantica)...
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  • the name Mabuya maculata (Gray, 1839) has often been used for the Noronha skink (currently Trachylepis atlantica), but because the name-bearing type...
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    Mabuya mabouya. In 1946, Travassos again synonymized the two, naming the Noronha skink as Mabuya maculata. In the early 2000s, the matter was revisited by...
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  • Euprepis for the group including African and Malagasy species and the Noronha skink and also listed Lacerta punctata as the type species, considering all...
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    atlantica (Schmidt, 1945) – Noronha skink Trachylepis aureogularis (Muller, 1885) – Guinea mabuya, orange-throated skink Trachylepis aureopunctata (Grandidier...
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  • The genus Moaciria was first described, in 1956, from the Brazilian Noronha skink, but other species from more parts of the world have since been described...
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  • Chioninia delalandii (English: Delalande's skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands...
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  • to: Mabuya maculata (Demerara), a Guyanese skink Mabuya maculata (Fernando de Noronha), a Brazilian skink This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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  • to: Mabuya maculata (Demerara), a Guyanese skink Mabuya maculata (Fernando de Noronha), a Brazilian skink Macrocallista maculata, a bivalve mollusc Macrothele...
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    bibronii, also known commonly as Bibron's mabuya, Bibron's skink, and the seashore skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species...
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    vaillantii, also known commonly as Vaillant's mabuya or Vaillant's skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde...
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    Brazil which has also been introduced to the Atlantic island of Fernando de Noronha.:  30  The rock cavy is called mocó in Brazilian Portuguese, and koriko...
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  • Eutropis beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's mabuya or Beddome's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to India...
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    island, including the Noronha dove (Zenaida auriculata noronha), vireo (Vireo gracilirostris), elaenia (Elaenia ridleyana), and skink (Trachylepis atlantica)...
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    Noronhomys (category Fernando de Noronha)
    of Fernando de Noronha off northeastern Brazil. Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci may have seen it on a visit to Fernando de Noronha in 1503, but it...
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    Atlantic from Africa to South America and Fernando de Noronha, respectively, during the last 9 Ma. Skinks from the same group have also rafted from Africa...
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    Eutropis englei (category Skink stubs)
    commonly as Engel's mabuya and the six-striped mabouya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mindanao in...
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  • Eutropis dawsoni (category Skink stubs)
    Eutropis dawsoni, also known commonly as Gans's grass skink and Gans's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic...
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  • introduced predators? 1503 Vespucci's giant rat Noronhomys vespucii Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil 2008 (IUCN) Undetermined. 1520-1950 Galápagos giant rat...
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    Skinks of the related genera Mabuya and Trachylepis apparently dispersed across the Atlantic from Africa to South America and Fernando de Noronha, respectively...
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