Mabuya altamazonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Mabuya
Species: Mabuya altamazonica

Name

Mabuya altamazonica Miralles, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas & Chaparro, 2006

• Holotype: MNHN-RA 2006.0291, adult ♀, collected in May 2005.
• Type locality: “Kilometer 34 on road Tarapoto–Yurimaguas (600 m asl), Concesión de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre ASPRAVEP (Asociación de Productores de Ranas Venenosas Progreso), Rio Cainarachi, Departamento San Martin, Peru”.

Combinations

• Mabuya altamazonica Miralles, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas & Chaparro, 2006: 6 [original combination]
• Varzea altamazonica — Hedges & Conn, 2012: 215 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuya altamazonica — Pinto-Sánchez, Calderón-Espinosa, Miralles, Crawford & Ramírez-Pinilla, 2015: 201 [subsequent combination, restored to Mabuya]

References

Primary references

• Miralles, A., Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Rivas, G. & Chaparro, J.C. 2006. Speciation in the "Várzéa" flooded forest: a new Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae) from Western Amazonia. Zootaxa 1188(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1188.1.1 Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288(1): 1–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3288.1.1 ; PDF Reference page. 
• Pinto-Sánchez, N.R., Calderón-Espinosa, M.L., Miralles, A., Crawford, A.J. & Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neotropical skink genus Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) with emphasis on Colombian populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 188–211. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.016 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Sandoval, C. & Paucar, D.A. 2024. The skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) of Ecuador, with description of a new Amazonian species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 551–564. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e130147 Reference page. 

Links

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M., Brito, J., Valencia, J., Perez, P., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Aparicio, J. & Moravec, J. 2021. IUCN: Mabuya altamazonica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44579239A44579243. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44579239A44579243.en. Accessed on 03 February 2026.