Barkudia insularis

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Barkudia
Species: Barkudia insularis

Name

Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917: 20

• Holotype: ZSI 18075, collected by F.H. Gravely in July 1916.
• Type locality: “Barkuda Island, Chilka Lake, Ganjam district, Madras Presidency”, Orissa, India.

References

Primary references

• Annandale, N. 1917. A new genus of limbless skinks from an island in the Chilka Lake. Records of the Indian Museum 13: 17–21. BHL

Additional references

• Das, I. & Dattagupta, B. 1997. Rediscovery of the holotypes of Ophisops jerdoni Blyth, 1853 and Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917. Hamadryad 22(1): 53–55. Reference page. 

Links

• Bauer, A., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Roy, A.D., Murthy, B.H.C.K., Molur, S., Pal, S., Mohapatra, P., Agarwal, I. & Sondhi, S. 2020. IUCN: Barkudia insularis  (Critically Endangered) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T2593A176084098. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T2593A176084098.en. Accessed on 05 December 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Madras Spotted Skink