Mabuya Fitzinger

Castiglia, Riccardo, Annesi, Flavia, Bezerra, Alexandra M. R., García, Andrés & Flores-Villela, Oscar, 2010, Cytotaxonomy and DNA taxonomy of lizards (Squamata, Sauria) from a tropical dry forest in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, Zootaxa 2508, pp. 1-29 : 19

Mabuya Fitzinger

The circumtropical genus Mabuya Fitzinger has recently been subjected to revision. Molecular analysis ( Mausfeld et al. 2002) suggested that Mabuya consists of several long-separated evolutionary lineages, representing distinct and well supported monophyletic radiations. The South American species must retain the name Mabuya ( Dunn 1935) . The karyotype of the Neotropical species has been studied for only four species. Mabuya caissara and Mabuya macrorhyncha both have 2n = 32 (18 macrochromosomes and 14 microchromosomes) ( Colus & Ferrari 1988). Mabuya mabouya showed 2n = 30 in the females and 2n = 31 in the males, indicating a XY sex chromosomal system ( Beçak et al. 1972), whereas M. frenata showed 2n = 30 ( Hernando & Alvarez 1990).