Cope's mabuya
Species of lizard
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Notomabuya Hedges & Conn, 2012 |
| Species: | N. frenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862) | |
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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]
