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Maracaiba zuliae (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Maracaiba zuliae (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)
Name authority
(Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Maracaiba
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyScincidae
  12. subfamilyMabuyinae
  13. genusMaracaiba
  14. speciesMaracaiba zuliae (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Mabuya zuliae Miralles, Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009 Miralles, Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Venezuela (lowlands of the Maracaibo lake basin, Zulia), NE Colombia (Magdalena)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. MIRALLES, AURÉLIEN; GILSON RIVAS FUENMAYOR, CÉLINE BONILLO, WALTER E. SCHARGEL, TITO BARROS, JUAN E. GARCÍA-PEREZ, CÉSAR L. BARRIO-AMORÓS. (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. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3XY4B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.