Biology:Varzea bistriata

Short description: Species of lizard

Varzea bistriata
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Varzea
Species:	V. bistriata
Binomial name
Varzea bistriata (Spix, 1825)
Synonyms
Scincus bistriatus — Spix, 1825 Eumeces Spixii — Dumeril & Bibron, 1839 Mabouya agilis — Gosse, 1849 Mabuya agilis - Burt & Burt, 1931 Mabuya mabouya mabouya - Dunn, 1936 Mabuya mabouya - Hoogmoed, 1979 Mabuya ficta — Reboucas-Spieker, 1981

Varzea bistriata is a species of skink found in South America. The common name is the two-striped mabuya. It has shiny bronze or copper skin, with a dark longitudinal stripe along each flank that is often bordered by cream-colored lines.

Its taxonomy has undergone significant revision in recent years and remains unresolved, such that its distribution and distinction from two similar, closely related species is not clear. Many populations previously identified as M. bistriata have since been identified as M. mabouya (in the Caribbean) or M. nigropunctata (South America).

Notwithstanding populations that have been reassigned and pending further revisions, it has been recorded as present in Brazil , French Guiana, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia.

External links

• Mabuya bistriata at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Mabuya bistriata at the Reptile Database

Wikidata ☰ Q1280082 entry