Eutropis beddomei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Eutropis
Species: Eutropis beddomei

Name

• Eutropis beddomei (Jerdon, 1870)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.17, adult ♂, collected by T. Jerdon.

Type locality: “Mysore”, Karnataka, India.

Combinations

• Euprepes beddomei Jerdon, 1870: 73 [original combination]
• Mabuia beddomii — Boulenger, 1887: 179 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuya beddomii — Smith, 1935: 274 [subsequent combination]
• Eutropis beddomei — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 287 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Jerdon, T.C. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870: 66–85. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S.R., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy and natural history of Eutropis beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including a redescription of the holotype. Zootaxa 4132(4): 509–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.3. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Eutropis beddomei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Beddome's Skink