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Maracaiba zuliae

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Species of lizard

Maracaiba zuliae
Scientific classification edit
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

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]

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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