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3 unusual facts about Noronha skink


Moaciria moraveci

Moaciria was first described, in 1956, from the Brazilian Noronha skink, but other species from more parts of the world have since been described.

Trachylepis tschudii

First described in 1845 on the basis of a single specimen, it may be the same as the Noronha skink (T. atlantica) from Fernando de Noronha, off northeastern Brazil.

Writing in 1946, H. Travassos considered Tschudi's punctata to be identical to the Noronha skink (then known as Mabuya punctata), a species otherwise known only from Fernando de Noronha, a small archipelago off northeastern Brazil.



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