| Panopa carvalhoi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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.
Geographic range
P. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian state of Roraima, and in Venezuela.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. carvalhoi are forest and savanna.
Reproduction
P. carvalhoi is viviparous.
References
- ^ Schargel, W.; Martins, M.R.C.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Panopa carvalhoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T178189A67510240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178189A67510240.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Panopa carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.
- 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).
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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