Biology:Panopa carvalhoi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Panopa carvalhoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panopa
Species:
P. carvalhoi
Binomial name
Panopa carvalhoi
(Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990)
Mabuya carvalhoi distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Mabuya carvalhoi
    Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990
  • Panopa carvalhoi
    Hedges & Conn, 2012

Carvalho's mabuya (Panopa carvalhoi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.[2]

Geographic range

P. carvalhoi is found in the Brazil state of Roraima, and in Venezuela.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. carvalhoi are forest and savanna.[3]

Reproduction

P. carvalhoi is viviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Panopa carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya carvalhoi, p. 49).
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Further reading

  • Rebouças-Spieker, Regina; Vanzolini, Paulo Emilio (1990). "Mabuya carvalhoi, espécie nova do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Scincidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia 50 (2): 377–386. (Mabuya carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.


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