''Copeoglossum nigropunctatum'', also known as the black-spotted skink, common coppery mabuya, or South American spotted skink, is a species 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 ...

found in South America. It has shiny bronze or copper skin, with a dark longitudinal stripe along each flank that is often bordered by cream-colored lines. It has been recorded as present in much of the northern South America and the Amazon River Basin, including Venezuela, the Guyanas (

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, French Guiana,

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil,

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, and Paraguay.

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Mabuya nigropunctata
at the Encyclopedia of Life nigropunctatum Lizards of South America Reptiles of Bolivia Reptiles of Brazil Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of French Guiana Reptiles of Guyana Reptiles of Paraguay Reptiles of Peru Reptiles of Suriname Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles described in 1825 Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix {{skink-stub