Maracaiba zuliae

Short description: Species of lizard

Maracaiba zuliae

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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

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

## Contents

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

## Etymology

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

## Geographic range

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

## Habitat

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

## Reproduction

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

## References

1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Maracaiba zuliae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
3. ↑ 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).

## Further reading

* 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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