Eutropis bibronii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Eutropis
Species: Eutropis bibronii

Name

• Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838)

Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA 2940, adult ♂; 7076, adult ♀.

Type locality: unknown, corrected as “Madras, South India” by Amarasinghe et al. (2016: 157).

Combinations

• Tiliqua bibronii Gray, 1838: 290 [original combination]
• Mabuia bibronii — Boulenger, 1890: 184 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Gongylus (Euprepes) bibronii Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 675 [described as new species, but preoccupied by Tiliqua bibronii Gray, 1838]

Type locality: “Afrique australe” (in error).

• Euprepis trilineatus Gray, 1846: 430 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 173)]

Syntypes (5): BMNH 1946.8.19.8-12.

Type locality: “Madras”, India.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals of Natural History Series 1, 2(10): 287–293. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809496676 BHL
• Gray, J.E. 1846. Descriptions of some new species of Indian Lizards. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18: 429–430. DOI: 10.1080/037454809494450 BHL

Additional references

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy of two endemic Indian skinks, Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) and E. nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including redescriptions of their types. Zootaxa 4154(2): 155–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.3. Reference page. 
• de Silva, A., Sandaruwan, W.M.J., de Zoysa, H.K.S. & Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2017. An authentic record of Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4329(2): 175–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Seashore Skink