Eutropis trivittata

Eutropis trivittata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. trivittata
Binomial name
	Eutropis trivittata; (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
Synonyms
	Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)

Eutropis trivittata (Indian three-banded skink) is a species of skink found in India.

Description

Supranasals in contact with one another; fronto-nasal broader than long; prefrontantal in contact with one another; a pair of nuchal present or absent. No postnasal, anterior loreal higher than long. Half as long as the posterior; lower eyelid scaly; ear opening subcircular, smaller than a lateral scale with a short, pointed lobulous anteriorly. Dorsal and lateral scales subequal, with 5, sometime in adults 7, strong keels; 34 or 36 scales round the middle of the body. Digits moderately long, with smooth lamellae, 13 or 14 beneath the fourth toe; the hind-limb reaches to the wrist or the elbow. Palm of the heel and sole of the feet with enlarged sub conical tubercles intermixed with much smaller one.^[2]

Distribution

Central and western India (Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar).

References

^ Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. & Roy, A.D. 2013. Eutropis trivittata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194117A2300849. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194117A2300849.en. Downloaded on 14 April 2020.
^ Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.

1. Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.

Anderson, J., 1871 On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc., London: 149-211
Hardwicke, F.R. & Gray, J.E. 1827 A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Major-General Hardwicke. Zool. J. London 3: 214-229

External links

[IUCN-1] Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. & Roy, A.D. 2013. Eutropis trivittata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194117A2300849. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194117A2300849.en. Downloaded on 14 April 2020.

[2] Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.

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