Scincella beddomei

Scincella beddomei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scincella
Species: S. beddomei
Binomial name
Scincella beddomei
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma beddomii Boulenger, 1887
  • Leiolopisma beddomei
    M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Scincella beddomi
    Greer, 1974
  • Kaestlea beddomi
    Eremchenko & Das, 004[1]

Scincella beddomei is a species of skink endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, beddomi (also spelled beddomii or beddomei ), is in honor of Richard Henry Beddome, British military officer and naturalist.[2]

Geographic range

S. beddomei is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills and the Travancore Hills.

Notes

  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. (Scincella beddomi, p. 21).

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