Maracaiba zuliae

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rivas, G. |author2=Schargel, W. |date=2016 |title=Maracaiba zuliae |volume=2016 |page=e.T47102955A47102962 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T47102955A47102962.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Maracaiba

| species = zuliae

| authority = (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Pérez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)

| synonyms = *Mabuya zuliae
{{small|Miralles et al., 2009}}

Maracaiba zuliae
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Maracaiba zuliae is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, zuliae, refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Mabuya zuliae, p. 294).

Geographic range

M. zuliae is found in Venezuela and Colombia.{{NRDB species|genus=Maracaiba|species=zuliae|accessdate=27 November 2017}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|1,500|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of M. zuliae is unknown.

Maracaiba zuliae

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

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