Maracaiba Zuliae

Maracaiba zuliae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Maracaiba
Species:	M. zuliae
Binomial name
	Maracaiba zuliae; (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)
Synonyms
	Mabuya zuliae ; Miralles et al., 2009; Maracaiba zuliae ; — Hedges & Conn, 2012;

Short description: Species of lizard

Maracaiba zuliae is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, zuliae, refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia.^[3]

M. zuliae is found in Venezuela and Colombia.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).^[1]

The mode of reproduction of M. zuliae is unknown.^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Maracaiba zuliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T47102955A47102962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T47102955A47102962.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47102955/47102962. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Maracaiba zuliae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya zuliae, p. 294).

Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Maracaiba zuliae, new combination, p. 118).
Miralles A, Rivas G, Bonillo C, Schargel WE, Barros T, García-Pérez JE, Barrio-Amorós CL (2009). "Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 598–616. (Mabuya zuliae, new species).

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Maracaiba zuliae
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Maracaiba
Species:	M. zuliae
Binomial name
*Maracaiba zuliae* (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)
Synonyms^[2]
Mabuya zuliae Miralles et al., 2009 Maracaiba zuliae — Hedges & Conn, 2012