Maracaiba zuliae is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology The specific name, zuliae, refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mabuya zuliae, p. 294).
Geographic range M. zuliae is found in Venezuela and Colombia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of M. zuliae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of M. zuliae is unknown.
References
Further reading Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Maracaiba zuliae, new combination, p. 118). Miralles A, Rivas G, Bonillo C, Schargel WE, Barros T, García-Pérez JE, Barrio-Amorós CL (2009). "Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 598–616. (Mabuya zuliae, new species).