Panopa carvalhoi

Short description: Species of lizard

Panopa carvalhoi

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Scincidae
Genus:  | Panopa
Species:  |

P. carvalhoi

Binomial name
Panopa carvalhoi

(Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990)

Synonyms[1]

* Mabuya carvalhoi
Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990
* Panopa carvalhoi
— Hedges & Conn, 2012

Carvalho's mabuya (Panopa carvalhoi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern South America.

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 Habitat
* 4 Reproduction
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading

## Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.[2]

## Geographic range

P. carvalhoi is found in the Brazil state of Roraima, and in Venezuela.[1]

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. carvalhoi are forest and savanna.[3]

## Reproduction

P. carvalhoi is viviparous.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Panopa carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya carvalhoi, p. 49).
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `iucn status 18 November 2021`

## Further reading

* Rebouças-Spieker, Regina; Vanzolini, Paulo Emilio (1990). "Mabuya carvalhoi, espécie nova do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Scincidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia 50 (2): 377–386. (Mabuya carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
* Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.

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