.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Mabuya :::::.
Last update: 24 February, 2004

This is one of the largest genera of scincid lizards. The genus is distributed in tropical parts of America, Asia and Africa with over 120 species.

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Mabuya mabouya (Lacépède, 1788)

  • mabouya (Lacépède, 1788)
    Mabuia aenea
    Mabuia agilis
    var. luciae Garman, 1887
    Mabuia aurata Schn., Nomen Nudum
    Copeoglossum cinctum Tschudi, 1845
    Euprepes auratus Schneider
    Euprepes cinctus (Tschudi, 1845)
    Euprepis surinamensis Hallowell, 1857
    Gongylus spixii Duméril & Bibron, 1839
    Lacerta mabouya Lacépède, 1804
    Mabuia dominicensis Fitzinger, 1826
    Mabuia lanceolata Cope, 1862
    Mabuia luciae Garman, 1887
    Mabuya deserticola Dunn, 1935
    Mabuya dominicensis Fitzinger, 1826
    Mabuya metallica Bocourt, 1879
    Scincus aenea Gray, 1831
    Tiliqua albolabris Gray, 1838
    Trachylepis punctata Tschudi, 1845
  • pergravis Barbour, 1921
    Mabuya pergravis Barbour, 1921
  • sloanei Daudin, 1803
  • Mabuia sloanii (Daudin, 1803)
    Mabuya sloanii (Daudin, 1803)
    Scincus sloani Daudin, 1803
    Distribution: Anguilla (mabouya), Bahamas (sloanei), Barbados (mabouya), British Virgin Islands (sloanei), Colombia (mabouya), Dominica (mabouya), Ecuador (mabouya), Grenadines (mabouya), Guadeloupe (mabouya), Hispaniola (sloanei), Isla Mona (sloanei), Isla Monito (sloanei), Isla de Providencia (pergravis), Isla Santa Catalina (pergravis), Jamaica (sloanei), Marie Galante (mabouya), Montserrat (mabouya), Panama (mabouya), Puerto Rico (sloanei), Redonda (mabouya), St. Barthélémy (mabouya), St. Lucia (mabouya), St. Martin (mabouya), St. Vincent (mabouya), Tobago (mabouya), Trinidad (mabouya) and U.S. Virgin Islands (sloanei).
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    Literature
     
     
    Blackburn, D.G. & L.J. Vitt. 1992. Reproduction in viviparous South American lizard of the genus Mabuya. Pp. 150-164. In: Hamlett, W.C. (ed.). Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates. Springer-Verlag, New York.
     
     
    Flemming, A.F. 1994. Male and Female Reproductive Cycles of the Viviparous Lizard, Mabuya capensis (Sauria: Scincidae) from South Africa. J. Herpetol., 28(3): 334-341.
    Gallardo, J.M. 1968. Las especies argentinas del género Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria). Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Natl., Zool., 9: 177-196.
    Greer, A.E., C. Arnold & E.N. Arnold. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia, 21: 121-126.
     
    Jerez, A. & M.P. Ramírez-Pinilla. 2001. The allantoplacenta of Mabuya mabouya (Sauria, Scincidae). J. Morphol., 249: 132-146.
    Patterson, J.W. 1990. Female reproductive cycles in two subspecies of the tropical lizard Mabuya striata. Oecologia, 84: 232-237.
    Peters, J.A. & R. Donoso-Barros. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part II. Lizards and Amphisbenians. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 297: 1-293.
     
     
    Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P., V.H. Serrano & J.C. Galeano. 2002. Annual Reproductive Activity of Mabuya mabouya (Squamata, Scincidae). J. Herpetol., 36(4): 667-677.
    Reboucas-Spieker, R. 1974. Distribution and differentiation of animal along the coast and in continental islands of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. 2. Lizards of the genus Mabuya (Sauria: Scincidae). Pap. Avuls. Zool., 28: 197-240.
    Reboucas-Spieker, R. & P.E. Vanzolini. 1990. Mabuya carvalhoi, especie nova do Estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria, Scincidae). Rev. Bras. Biol., 50: 377-386.
    Rocha, C.F.D. & D. Vrcibradic. 1999. Reproductive traits of two sympatric viviparous skinks (Mabuya macrorhyncha and Mabuya agilis) in a Brazilian Restinga habitat. Herpetol. J., 9: 43-53.
    Schwartz, A. & R.W. Henderson. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Univ. Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
     
    Somma, C.A. & G.L. Brooks. 1976. Reproduction in Anolis oculatus, Ameiva fuscata and Mabuya mabouya from Dominica. Copeia, 1976: 241-256.
     
    Vanzolini, P.E. & R. Reboucas-Spieker. 1976. Distribution and differentation of animal along the coast and on continental islands of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Reproductive differences between and within Mabuya caissara and Mabuya macrorhyncha (Sauria: Scincidae). Pap. Avuls. Zool., 29: 95-109.
    Vitt, L.J. 1981. Tail autotomy and regeneration in the tropical skink, Mabuya heathi. J. Herpetol., 15: 454-457.
    Vitt, L.J. & D.G. Blackburn. 1983. Reproduction in the lizard M. heathi (Sauria: Scincidae): a commentary on viviparity in new world Mabuya. Can. J. Zool., 61: 2798-2806.
    Vitt, L.J. & D.G. Blackburn. 1991. Ecology and life history of the viviparous lizard Mabuya bistriata (Scincidae) in the Brazilian Amazon. Copeia, 1991: 916-927.
    Vrcibradic, D. & C.F.D. Rocha. 1998. Reproductive cycle and life-history traits of the viviparous skink Mabuya frenata in Southeastern Brazil. Copeia, 1998: 612-619.