Biology:Cope's mabuya
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Short description: Species of lizard
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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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| Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)
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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]
Characteristics
This species is viviparous and shows sexual dimorphism in body size, with adults females being bigger than males.[4]
Ecology
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]
References
- ↑ Cacciali, P.; Carreira, S.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Nogueira, C.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Aparicio, J. et al. (2019). "Notomabuya frenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T47102996A47103009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T47102996A47103009.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47102996/47103009. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notomabuya frenata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2018.
- ↑ Notomabuya at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
- ↑ Vrcibradic, Davor; Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte (1998-08-03). "Reproductive Cycle and Life-History Traits of the Viviparous Skink Mabuya frenata in Southeastern Brazil". Copeia 1998 (3): 612. doi:10.2307/1447791. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1447791.
- ↑ Vrcibradic, Davor; Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte (June 1998). "The Ecology of the Skink Mabuya frenata in an Area of Rock Outcrops in Southeastern Brazil". Journal of Herpetology 32 (2): 229. doi:10.2307/1565302. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1565302.
Wikidata ☰ Q3344522 entry
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