Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Varzea
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Amazonian Floodplain Skinks
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Amazonas-Sumpfskinke
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Amazonas-sumpskinker
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Varzea Hedges & Conn (type species: Scincus bistriatus Spix 1825) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
This genus was described on the basis of species previously assigned to
Mabuya.
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sao Paulo),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Peru,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago).
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Varzea altamazonica
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Upper Amazon Floodplain Skink
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Westliche Amazonas-Sumpfskink
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Vestlig Amazonas-sumpskink
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Mabuya altamazonica Miralles, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza |
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Varzea altamazonica Hedges & Conn 2012 |
Remarks:
Hedges & Conn (2012) did not mention the presence of altamazonica in Ecuador, although reported by Harvey (2008).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amazonas),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru.
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Varzea bistriata
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Lower Amazon Floodplain Skink, Two-lined Skink, (Trinidad Skink)
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Östliche Amazonas-Sumpfskink
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Østlig Amazonas-sumpskink
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Scincus bistriatus Spix |
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Mabuya bistriata Hoogmoed & Gruber 1983 |
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Varzea bistriata Hedges & Conn 2012 |
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Mabuya ficta Reboucas-Spieker (Avila-Pires 1995) |
Remarks:
For a period, this species (then known as Mabuya bistriata) included most populations previously assigned to
Mabuya mabouya (see further remarks under that species).
Avila-Pires (1995) used the name bistriata for Amazonian specimens only, although some authors (e.g., Hedges 1996; Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996; Powell, Ottenwalder & Incháustegui 1999) have referred West Indian "mabouya" to bistriata as well, presumably inspired by Avila-Pires (1995).
Mayer & Lazell (2000) regarded it as unlikely that West Indian and South American populations belong to the same species and pointed out that the name sloanii (at that time also an unresolved species complex) would be the correct name for the West Indian populations, whether conspecific with Amazonian populations or not, since sloani is an older available name than bistriata.
Reported from Venezuela (both as bistriata and ficta) by Pefaur (1992), but presence in Venezuela apparently needs confirmation,
according to Avila-Pires (1995).
Records from Mato Grosso do Sul also need confirmation
(Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strüssmann, Béda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Ávila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima),
Colombia,
French Guiana,
Peru,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago).
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