Cope's mabuya

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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012
Species:	N. frenata
Binomial name
Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)
Synonyms[2]
Emoea frenata Cope, 1862 Eumeces Nattereri Steindachner, 1870 Mabuya frenata (Cope, 1862) Mabuia frenata (Cope, 1862)

Characteristics

This species is viviparous and shows sexual dimorphism in body size, with adults females being bigger than males.^[4]

Ecology

N. frenata is a 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]