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Eutropis trivittata

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Eutropis trivittata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Roy, A.D. (2013). "Eutropis trivittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T194117A2300849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194117A2300849.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  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.

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

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Taxon identifiers
Eutropis trivittata
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