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Mabuya yasuniensis TORRES-CARVAJAL, SANDOVAL & PAUCAR, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
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SynonymMabuya yasuniensis TORRES-CARVAJAL, SANDOVAL & PAUCAR 2024 
DistributionEcuador (Orellana)

Type locality: Yasuní National Park in a lagoon close to Yasuní River, 6 km S Rumiyacu River mouth (0.967°S, 75.875°W, 190 m), Orellana Province, Ecuador  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. An adult male, QCAZ 14814 (Figs 2, 4, 5), field number SC55292, collected on 29 July 2016 at 1630 h by Rubén Jarrín.
Paratypes (13). ECUADOR: Orellana: Oasis community, 500 m from Napo River, 0.460°S, 76.135°W, 220 m, QCAZ 10740; Puerto Yuturi, 0.557°S, 76.008°W, 230 m, QCAZ 3609; Yasuní National Park, near PUCE (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador) scientific station, 0.677°S, 76.401°W, 273 m, QCAZ 5901; Yasuní National Park, near PUCE scientific station, 0.674°, 76.398°, 264 m, QCAZ 17519; Yasuní National Park, near PUCE scientific station, north trail of 50 ha dynamic forest plot, 0.681°S, 76.403°W, 285 m, QCAZ 10229; Puerto Francisco de Orellana (El Coca), 0.467°S, 76.983°W, QCAZ 185; Río Bigal Biological Reserve, 0.537°S, 77.425°W, 955 m, QCAZ 17646; Taracoa, 0.490°S, 76.773°W, 251 m, QCAZ 1118. Pastaza: Jatun Yaku community, 5 km SE Montalvo, 2.084°S, 76.921°W, 286 m, QCAZ 4839; K10 camp, Villano camp, Bloque 10-Agip Oil, 1.475°S, 77.534°W, 468 m, QCAZ 11832. Sucumbíos: La Selva Amazon Ecolodge, 0.498°S, 76.374°W, 229 m, QCAZ 2926; Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, PUCE scientific station, 0.002°S, 76.176°W, QCAZ 2623; Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, bridge on Cuyabeno River, 0.031°S, 76.321°W, QCAZ 7138. 
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References
  • Torres-Carvajal, O., Sandoval, C., & Paucar, D. A. 2024. The skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) of Ecuador, with description of a new Amazonian species. Vertebrate Zoology, 74: 551-564 - get paper here
 
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