| Maracaiba zuliae | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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.
Geographic range
M. zuliae is found in Venezuela and Colombia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of M. zuliae is unknown.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
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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