Dravidoseps

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: Lygosominae
Genus: Dravidoseps
Species (8): D. gingeeensis – D. goaensis – D. jawadhuensis – D. kalakadensis – D. nilgiriensis – D. pruthi – D. srivilliputhurensis – D. tamilnaduensis

Name

Dravidoseps Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 40

• Type species: Lygosoma pruthi Sharma, 1977, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Agarwal, I., Thackeray, T. & Khandekar, A. 2024. A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23–83. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e110674 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Leaf-litter Skinks