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]
Cope's mabuya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012 |
Species: | N. frenata |
Binomial name | |
Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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]