---
title: "Cope's Mabuya"
description: "Notomabuya frenata — Reptiles. Notomabuya is a genus of skinks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cope-s-mabuya
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cope's Mabuya

> Notomabuya frenata — Reptiles. Notomabuya is a genus of skinks.

- Scientific name: *Notomabuya frenata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 554
- Wikidata: [Q3344522](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3344522)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146307](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146307)

## Names

- en: Cope's Mabuya
- es: Madre de víboras

## Countries with the most observations

BR (288), AR (117), PY (55), BO (10)

## Summary

Notomabuya is a genus of skinks. It contains one species, Notomabuya frenata,  which is found in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeast Argentina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cope%27s_mabuya

## Photo

![Cope's Mabuya](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cope-s-mabuya/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22326628

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cope-s-mabuya?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).