Dravidoseps goaensis

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: Dravidoseps goaensis

Name

Dravidoseps goaensis (Sharma, 1976)

• Holotype: ZSI 22032, unsexed adult, collected by R.C. Sharma on 9 Septemper 1969. [lost fide Pratyush Mohapatra pers. comm.]
• Neotype: BNHS 2567 (AK 1345), adult ♀, collected by Akshay Khandekar on 18 February 2021. [designated by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 47)]
• Type locality: “ca. 5 km N.E. of Forest Rest House, Molem” [South Goa District, Goa State, India], redesignated by neotype designation to “the vicinity of Hotel Whistling Woods (15.96006°N, 73.99736°E; elevation ca. 720 m asl.), Amboli, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra State, India” by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 47).

Combinations

• Riopa goaensis Sharma, 1976: 157 [original combination]
• Dravidoseps goaensis — Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 47 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sharma, R.C. 1976. Records of the reptiles of Goa. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 71: 149–167.
• 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. 

Links

• Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Dravidoseps goaensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194121A2301213. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194121A2301213.en. Accessed on 14 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Goan Leaf-litter Skink