Dravidoseps pruthi

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 pruthi

Name

Dravidoseps pruthi (Sharma, 1977)

• Holotype: ZSI 22393, unsexed adult, collected by Dr. H.S. Pruthi in 1929. [lost fide Das et al. 1998]
• Neotype: NRC-AA-1291 (AK-R 2222), adult ♀, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 29 May 2022. [designated by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 41)]
• Type locality: “Chitteri range, lat. 11°50′N, long. 78°25′E, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India [= Sitteri, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu, India; ~11.833°N, 78.417°E]”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Sitteri Hills (11.90208°N, 78.51800°E; elevation ca. 880 m asl.), Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu State, India” by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 41).

Combinations

• Riopa pruthi Sharma, 1977: 41 [original combination]
• Dravidoseps pruthi — Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 47 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sharma, R.C. 1977. A new lizard of the genus Riopa Gray (Scincidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 73: 41–42.
• 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 pruthi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172583A1346440. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172583A1346440.en. Accessed on 02 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Pruthi's Leaf-litter Skink