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Greater Saint Croix Skink

Spondylurus magnacruzae

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Spondylurus magnacruzae, the greater Saint Croix skink, is a species of skink found on Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It was formerly present across most of Saint Croix where it was sighted with some regularity, but was largely extirpated from the island by the late 19th century due to the introduced small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata). From then onwards, the species was only known from the satellite island of Green Cay, where it is known from a specimen collected in 1964.

Distribution

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