Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Varzea > Varzea bistriataVarzea bistriata (Two-striped Mabuya)Synonyms: Eumeces spixii; Mabuya bistriata; Mabuya ficta; Scincus bistriatus Mabuya bistriata is a species of skink found in South America and some islands in the Caribbean. Common names include the Two-Striped Mabuya and the Shiny Lizard. It has shiny bronze or copper skin, with a dark longitudinal stripe along each flank that is often bordered by cream-colored lines. Notwithstanding populations that have been reassigned and pending further revisions, it has been recorded as present in Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, and Jamaica, and possibly Peru, Colombia, Trinidad, and Tobago. |
Adult Weight [1] | 18 grams | Birth Weight [1] | 1 grams | Female Weight [1] | 18 grams | | Habitat Substrate [2] | Arboreal, Terrestrial | | Litter Size [1] | 5 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Reproductive Mode [2] | Viviparous | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 3.543 inches (9 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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