Eutropis nagarjunensis

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 nagarjunensis

Name

• Eutropis nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969)

Holotype: ZSIK 21170, adult ♀, collected by I.N. Maligi on 23 August 1962.

Type locality: “Vijaypuri South, near right-bank of R. Krishna, lat. 16°35’N., long. 79°28’E., alt. 500 ft”, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Combinations

• Mabuya nagarjuni Sharma, 1969: 71 [original combination]
• Eutropis nagarjuni — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 287 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Eutropis nagarjunensis — Amarasinghe et al., 2016: 157 [subsequent combination, emendation of species ephitet as a toponym]

References

Primary references

• Sharma, R.C. 1969. Two new izards of the genera Mabuya Fitzinger and Riopa Gray (Scincidae) from India. Bulletin of Systematic Zoology 1(2): 71–75. Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy of two endemic Indian skinks, Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) and E. nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including redescriptions of their types. Zootaxa 4154(2): 155–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.3. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eutropis nagarjunensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2019.
• Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2018. IUCN: Eutropis nagarjunensis  (Near Threatened) (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T194116A127999542. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T194116A127999542.en

Vernacular names

English: Sharma's Mabuya