Varzea Skinks
Mabuya
Mabuya is a genus of long-tailed skinks restricted to species from the Americas. They are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutherian mammals. Formerly, many Old World species were placed here, as Mabuya was a kind of "wastebasket taxon". These Old World species are now placed in the genera Chioninia, Eutropis, and Trachylepis. Under the older classification, the New World species were referred...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Western Amazon Mabuya
speciesMabuya altamazonica
Two-striped Mabuya
speciesMabuya bistriata
Dominica Skink
speciesMabuya dominicana
Greater Martinique Skink
speciesMabuya mabouya
Désirade Skink
speciesMabuya desiradae
Petite Terre Skink
speciesMabuya parviterrae
Cochon's Skink
speciesMabuya cochonae
Grande-terre Skink
speciesMabuya grandisterrae
Guadeloupe Skink
speciesMabuya guadeloupae
Hispaniolan Two-lined Skink
speciesMabuya hispaniolae
Montserrat Skink
speciesMabuya montserratae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37969.