Dravidoseps nilgiriensis

Taxonavigation

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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 nilgiriensis

Name

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Dravidoseps nilgiriensis (Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy, 2021)

  • Holotype: BNHS 2642, collected by A. Ghosh, S.R. Ganesh & N.S. Achyuthan in September 2019.
  • Type locality: “private land (11.110°N, 76.769°E 600 m asl) Anaikatti hills, Coimbatore, Western Ghats, peninsular India”.

Combinations

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  • Subdoluseps nilgiriensis Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy, 2021 [original combination]
  • Dravidoseps nilgiriensisAgarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 51 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Nilgiri Leaf-litter Skink