Slipperyback Spondylurus martinae

Classification

Scincidae [family]

Spondylurus Hedges & Conn, 2012 [genus] (2)

Scincidae [family]

Spondylurus Hedges & Conn, 2012 [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Sint Maarten

Presence status	No longer present (0) - Sint Maarten
	Extinct (0) - globally

Endemic to	Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Described in 2012, with a species description based on museum specimens collected between 1800 and 1965. The species is probably extinct now.

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Powell, R., Henderson, R.W. & Parmerlee, J.S. Jr. 2005. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. 192 pp. STENAPA.
Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Parmerlee, J.S. jr. 2015. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Second edition, revised and expanded Nature Guide Series, No. 004: 343. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean..