Eutropis longicaudata

Eutropis longicaudata
	A female E. longicaudata defending her offspring against an egg-eating snake.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. longicaudata
Binomial name
	Eutropis longicaudata; (Hallowell, 1857)
Synonyms
	Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935); Mabuia siamensis - Boulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935); Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatus - W. Peters 1867: 22; Euprepes (Tiliqua) Ruhstrati - Fischer 1886: 7; Mabuia longicaudata - Boulenger 1887: 188; Mabuya longicaudata - Stejneger 1907: 214; Mabuya longicaudata - M.A. Smith 1935: 270; Mabuya longicaudata - Taylor 1963: 944; Mabuya longicaudata - Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 268; Mabuya longicaudata - Cox et al. 1998: 111; Mabuya longicaudata - Greer & Nussbaum 2000: 616; Eutropis longicaudata - Mausfeld et al. 2002; Mabuya longicaudata - Ziegler 2002: 193; Mabuya longicauda [sic] - Das & Yaakob 2007; Mabuya longicaudata - Bobrov & Semenov 2008; Eutropis longicaudata - Grismer 2011; Eutropis longicaudatus - Hecht et al. 2013;

Longtail Mabuya or Long-tailed Sun Skink is a species of skink.^[1]^[2] It is found in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and possibly in Cambodia.^[1]^[3] Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eutropis longicaudata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 July 2014.
^ "Eutropis longicaudata". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ "Species of Erawan National Park". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Pike, David A.; Clark, Rulon W.; Manica, Andrea; Tseng, Hui-Yun; Hsu, Jung-Ya; Huang, Wen-San (2016). "Surf and turf: predation by egg-eating snakes has led to the evolution of parental care in a terrestrial lizard". Scientific Reports. 6: 22207. doi:10.1038/srep22207.

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