Cope's mabuya


Notomabuya is a genus of skinks. It contains one species, Notomabuya frenata, which is found in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeast Argentina.

Characteristics

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

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.