Scincella beddomei
Scincella beddomei | |
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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) | |
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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
References
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropsidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamaeleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. ("Lygosoma beddomii ", p. 261 + Plate XVIII, Figure 3).
- Eremchenko VK, Das I. 2004. Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 43-50.
- Greer AE. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian J. Zool. (Suppl.) 31: 1-67.
- Smith MA. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Leiolopisma beddomei, p. 305).
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