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''Varzea'' is a genus of
skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
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Species

The following 2 species, listed alphabetically by
specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, are recognized as being valid: *''
Varzea altamazonica ''Varzea altamazonica'' is a species of skink found in Peru and Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat o ...
'' (Miralles, Barrio-, Rivas, Chaparro-Auza, 2006) *''
Varzea bistriata ''Varzea bistriata'' is a species of skink found in South America. The common name is the two-striped mabuya. It has shiny bronze or copper skin, with a dark longitudinal stripe along each flank that is often bordered by cream-colored lines. It ...
'' (Spix, 1825) – two-striped mabuya '' Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Alinea''.


References

Lizard genera Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Taxa named by Caitlin E. Conn {{Skink-stub