Eutropis bibronii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eutropis |
| Species: | E. bibronii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838)
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Eutropis bibronii is a species of skink endemic to India and Sri Lanka.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, bibronii, is in honor of French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848).[3]
Description
Head somewhat flattened. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. Scales on dorsum and flanks are sharp, numbering 5–7. Midbody scale rows 28–30. Lamellae under fourth toe counts 14–20. Dorsum olive brown, with a light vertebral stripe that is with a dark edge. A dark dorso-lateral stripe running from eye to tail base.
Ecology
Inhabits sea beaches, and active by day on sand. It is adapted for running and diving in the sand.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya bibronii, p. 25).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Mabuia bibronii, p. 184).
- Das I. 1991. A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342-344.
- Gray JE. 1838. Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species [Part 2]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 1, 2: 287-293. (Tiliqua bibronii, new species, p. 25).
- Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vribradic D, Freder C. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz. 241: 281-293.
External links
- The Reptile Database: Eutropis bibronii (GRAY, 1839)
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