Horton's mabuya (Panopa croizati) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology The specific name, croizati, is in honor of Italian-born botanist Léon Croizat.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mabuya croizati, p. 61).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. croizati is rocky areas in forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior P. croizati is terrestrial and diurnal
Reproduction P. croizati is viviparous.
References
Further reading Hedges SB, Conn CE (2012). "A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)". Zootaxa 3288: 1–244. (Panopa croizati, new combination, p. 137). Horton DR (1973). "A New Species of Mabuya (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Venezuela". Journal of Herpetology 7 (2): 75–77. (Mabuya croizati, new species).