Eutropis bibronii

Eutropis bibronii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. bibronii
Binomial name
Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838)
Synonyms
Tiliqua bibronii Gray, 1838 Mabuia bibronii — Boulenger, 1890 Mabuya bibronii — Das, 1996 Eutropis bibronii — Mausfeld et al., 2002[1]

Eutropis bibronii is a species of skink endemic to India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, bibronii, is in honor of French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848).^[2]

Description

Head somewhat flattened. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. Scales on dorsum and flanks are sharp, numbering 5–7. Midbody scale rows 28–30. Lamellae under fourth toe counts 14–20. Dorsum olive brown, with a light vertebral stripe that is with a dark edge. A dark dorso-lateral stripe running from eye to tail base.

Ecology

Inhabits sea beaches, and active by day on sand. It is adapted for running and diving in the sand.

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya bibronii, p. 25).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Mabuia bibronii, p. 184).
• Das I. 1991. A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342-344.
• Gray JE. 1838. Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species [Part 2]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 1, 2: 287-293. (Tiliqua bibronii, new species, p. 25).
• Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vribradic D, Freder C. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz. 241: 281-293.

External links

• The Reptile Database: [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eutropis&species=bibronii&exact[0]=species Eutropis bibronii (GRAY, 1839)]