Maracaiba zuliae
Maracaiba zuliae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Maracaiba |
Species: | M. zuliae
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Binomial name | |
Maracaiba zuliae (Miralles, , , , , & , 2009)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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[]
- ^ a b 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Maracaiba zuliae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
- ^ , , (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, (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Maracaiba zuliae, new combination, p. 118).
- Miralles A, , , , , , (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).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Maracaiba
- Reptiles described in 2009
- Taxa named by Aurélien Miralles
- Taxa named by Gilson Rivas
- Taxa named by Celine Bonillo
- Taxa named by Walter E. Schargel
- Taxa named by Tito Barros
- Taxa named by Juan Elías García-Pérez
- Taxa named by Cesar L. Barrio-Amoros
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