Panopa carvalhoi

Panopa carvalhoi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Panopa
Species:	P. carvalhoi
Binomial name
	Panopa carvalhoi; (Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990)
Synonyms
	Mabuya carvalhoi; Rebouças-Spieker & Vanzolini, 1990; Panopa carvalhoi; — Hedges & Conn, 2012;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Carvalho's mabuya (Panopa carvalhoi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.^[3]

Geographic range

P. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian state of Roraima, and in Venezuela.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. carvalhoi are forest and savanna.^[1]

Reproduction

P. carvalhoi is viviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Schargel, W.; Martins, M.R.C.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Panopa carvalhoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T178189A67510240. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178189A67510240.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Panopa carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 27 November 2017.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya carvalhoi, p. 49).

Rebouças-Spieker, Regina; Vanzolini, Paulo Emilio (1990). "Mabuya carvalhoi, espécie nova do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Scincidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia50 (2): 377–386. (Mabuya carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese).
Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa3211: 1–64.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Schargel, W.; Martins, M.R.C.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Panopa carvalhoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T178189A67510240. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178189A67510240.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Panopa carvalhoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 27 November 2017.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya carvalhoi, p. 49).

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