The Venezuelan mountain skink (Orosaura nebulosylvestris) is a reptile, a member of the skink family, Scincidae. It is monotypic in the genus Orosaura.
| Venezuelan mountain skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Orosaura Hedges & Conn, 2012 |
| Species: | O. nebulosylvestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Orosaura nebulosylvestris | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mabuya nebulosylvestris Miralles et al., 2009 | |
Range and distribution edit
They are distributed throughout the highlands of the Venezuelan coastal range and the Andean Cordillerea of Mérida. The species is found in open areas at the edges of cloud forest, shrubby vegetation of subparamos, and rural gardens.[2]
Anatomy edit
This genus is characterized by two or four frontoparietal (rarely five or six), one row of nuchals, 48-56 dorsals, 27-38 ventrals, (these counts where by different methods, dorsolateral stripes, a dark lateral stripe, and dark ventral striping. Orosaura has what appears to be a pair of irregular, dark nape stripes or lines of spots immediately adjacent to the pale dorsolateral stripes.[3] The maximum body size for this species is 97 mm. This species is less prone to decline due to their relatively wide range.
References edit
- ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Orosaura nebulosylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T47103019A47103028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T47103019A47103028.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ (Miralles et al. 2009)
- ^ (Miralles at al. 2009)
External links edit
- IUCN (2014). "Orosaura nebulosylvestris: Rivas, G. & Schargel, W." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-1.rlts.t47103019a47103028.en.
- Miralles, Aurélien; Fuenmayor, Gilson Rivas; Bonillo, Céline; Schargel, Walter E.; Barros, Tito; García-Perez, Juan E.; Barrio-Amorós, César L. (2009-07-01). "Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabu (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (3): 598–616. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00487.x. ISSN 0024-4082.