Sepsophis punctatus

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: Scincinae
Genus: Sepsophis
Species: Sepsophis punctatus

Name

Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870: 172

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.30, collected by R.H. Beddome.
• Type locality: “Darakondah on the Golcondah hills near Vizagapatnam (elevation 3,000 feet)”.

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Datta-Roy, A, Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Maddock, S.T., Raj, P., Agarwal, I. & Karanth, K.P. 2013. A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3670(1): 55–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sepsophis punctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2022.
• Mohapatra, P., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. & Roy, A.D. 2021. IUCN: Sepsophis punctatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T194124A2301654. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T194124A2301654.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Eastern Ghats Skink