Eumeces blythianus

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Eumeces blythianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eumeces
Species: E. blythianus
Binomial name
Eumeces blythianus
(Anderson, 1871)

Eumeces blythianus is a species of skink found in India and Pakistan. Named after Edward Blyth (1810 - 1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

[edit] References

  • Anderson,J. 1871 On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia Fitzinger. P. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1871: 180-192
  • Schmitz, Andreas; Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert 2004 Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 - 89
  • Taylor, E. H. 1936 A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643 [1935]