Dravidoseps goaensis

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Taxonavigation edit

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 goaensis

Name edit

Dravidoseps goaensis (Sharma, 1976)

  • Holotype: ZSI 22032, unsexed adult, collected by R.C. Sharma on 9 Septemper 1969. [lost fide Pratyush Mohapatra pers. comm.]
  • Neotype: BNHS 2567 (AK 1345), adult ♀, collected by Akshay Khandekar on 18 February 2021. [designated by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 47)]
  • Type locality: “ca. 5 km N.E. of Forest Rest House, Molem” [South Goa District, Goa State, India], redesignated by neotype designation to “the vicinity of Hotel Whistling Woods (15.96006°N, 73.99736°E; elevation ca. 720 m asl.), Amboli, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra State, India” by Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar (2024: 47).

Combinations edit

  • Riopa goaensis Sharma, 1976: 157 [original combination]
  • Dravidoseps goaensisAgarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024: 47 [subseuent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Goan Leaf-litter Skink