Cope's mabuya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: |
Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012 |
Species: | N. frenata
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Binomial name | |
Notomabuya frenata (
Cope, 1862)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Notomabuya is a genus of skinks. It contains one species, Notomabuya frenata, [3] which is found in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeast Argentina. [2]
This species is viviparous and shows sexual dimorphism in body size, with adults females being bigger than males. [4]
N. frenata is an diurnal and viviparous species, and its diet is composed mainly by small arthropods, although preying in another smaller lizards and even cannibalism were already registered. [5]
Cope's mabuya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: |
Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012 |
Species: | N. frenata
|
Binomial name | |
Notomabuya frenata (
Cope, 1862)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Notomabuya is a genus of skinks. It contains one species, Notomabuya frenata, [3] which is found in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeast Argentina. [2]
This species is viviparous and shows sexual dimorphism in body size, with adults females being bigger than males. [4]
N. frenata is an diurnal and viviparous species, and its diet is composed mainly by small arthropods, although preying in another smaller lizards and even cannibalism were already registered. [5]