Dravidoseps kalakadensis

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 kalakadensis

Name

Dravidoseps kalakadensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 62

• Holotype: NRC-AA-8275 (AK-R 984), adult ♂, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 30 March 2022.
• Type locality: “near Wood House, Talayanai road, (8.52200°N, 77.50403°E; elevation ca. 200 m asl.), Kalakadu Reserve Forest, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India”.

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: KMTR Leaf-litter Skink