Carvalho's mabuya (Panopa carvalhoi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern South America.
Etymology The specific name, carvalhoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mabuya carvalhoi, p. 49).
Geographic range P. carvalhoi is found in the Brazilian state of Roraima, and in Venezuela.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of P. carvalhoi are forest and savanna.
Reproduction P. carvalhoi is viviparous.
References
Further reading Rebouças-Spieker, Regina; Vanzolini, Paulo Emilio (1990). "Mabuya carvalhoi, espécie nova do estado de Roraima, Brasil (Sauria: Scincidae)". Revista Brasileira de Biologia 50 (2): 377–386. (Mabuya carvalhoi, new species). (in Portuguese). Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.