Eutropis madaraszi

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: Mabuyinae
Genus: Eutropis
Species: Eutropis madaraszi

Name

• Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely, 1897)

Syntypes: MNH. [destroyed by fire in 1956]

Neotype: WHT 7001, ♂, collected by S. Batuwita on 5 June 2003. [designated by Batuwita (2016: 491)]

Type locality: “Ceylon”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Kalahagala near Polonnaruwa, 07º52’N, 80º54’E, 60 m”, by Batuwita (2016: 491).

Combinations

• Mabuia madaraszi Méhely, 1897: 59 [original combination]
• Mabuya masaraszi — De Silva, 1996 [subsequent combination]
• Eutropis masaraszi — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 287 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Méhely, L. 1897. Zur Herpetologie von Ceylon. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20: 55–70.
• Batuwita, S. 2016. Description of Two New Species of Eutropis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely). Journal of Herpetology 50(3): 486-496. DOI: 10.1670/15-093 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eutropis madaraszi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lanka Bronze Skink