Eutropis
| Eutropis | |
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| Unidentified Eutropis from Wayanad (Kerala, India) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Gongylus sebae A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 [1] | |
| Species | |
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30 sp., see text | |
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Eutropis is a genus of skinks belonging to the subfamily Lygosominae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya; it contains the Asian mabuyas. They often share their habitat with the related common skinks (Sphenomorphus), but they do not compete significantly as their ecological niches differ.[2]
Description
They are mid-sized to largish lizards with cylindrical bodies, tails of medium length, and well-developed arms and legs; the hands and feet have 5 toes each. Their cycloid scales are underlaid by osteoderms; the scales on the back and belly are similar in shape, but those on the back are keeled. The scales on the top of the head are generally flat and subimbricate; they have a pair of supranasal scales and the frontoparietal and prefrontal scales are paired or fused. The second supraocular scale is the hindmost one that contacts the frontal scale, and the tertiary temporal scale extends forward to separate the secondary temporal scales. The nasal scale is undivided.[2]
Eutropis mabuyas have 26 presacral vertebrae. Their palatine bones are in contact with the median; the deep sphenopalatine notch separates the pterygoids and extends forwards to between the centre of the eyes. The fairly small teeth are pleurodont, and the pterygopid always bears teeth. The ear opening is small, and the eardrums are hidden in a moderately deep ear canal.[2]
Species
Eutropis includes the following species:[3]
- Eutropis allapallensis
- Eutropis andamanensis
- Eutropis beddomii – Beddome's Mabuya
- Eutropis bibronii
- Eutropis carinata – Keeled Indian Mabuya, Many-keeled Grass Skink, "golden skink"
- Eutropis clivicola – Inger's Mabuya
- Eutropis cumingi – Cuming's Mabuya
- Eutropis darevskii
- Eutropis dissimilis – Striped Grass Mabuya, Striped Grass Skink
- Eutropis englei – Six-striped Mabuya
- Eutropis gansi
- Eutropis grandis
- Eutropis indeprensa – Brown's Mabuya
- Eutropis innotata – Blanford's Mabuya
- Eutropis longicaudata – Giant Copper Skink, Longtail Mabuya
- Eutropis macularia – Bronze Mabuya, Bronze Grass Skink
- Eutropis multicarinata – Many-keeled Mabuya, Two-striped Mabuya
- Eutropis multifasciata – East Indian Brown Mabuya, Many-lined Sun Skink, Many-striped Skink, Common Sun Skink, "golden skink"
- Eutropis nagarjuni – Sharma's Skink
- Eutropis novemcarinata – Anderson's Mabuya, Nine-keeled Skink
- Eutropis quadratilobus
- Eutropis quadricarinata – Beautiful Mabuya
- Eutropis rudis – Rough Mabuya, Brown Mabuya
- Eutropis rugifera – Nicobar Island Skink, Sulawesi Bronze Bush Skink
- Eutropis trivittata – Three-banded Mabuya
- Eutropis tytleri – Tytler's Mabuya
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Das, Indraneil; de Silva, Anslem; Austin, Christopher C. (2008). "A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zootaxa 1700: 35–52.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cyberlizards (2004): The Scincidae – Eutropis. Version of February 29, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
- ↑ Eutropis, The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Eutropis, p. 22).