Eutropis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Eutropis
Species (48): E. alcalai – E. allapallensis – E. andamanensis – E. ashwamedhi – E. austini – E. beddomei – E. bibronii – E. bontocensis – E. borealis – E. brevis – E. caraga – E. carinata – E. chapaensis – E. clivicola – E. cumingi – E. cuprea – E. darevskii – E. dattaroyi – E. dawsoni – E. englei – E. floweri – E. greeri – E. gubataas – E. indeprensa – E. innotata – E. islamaliit – E. lankae – E. lapulapu – E. lewisi – E. longicaudata – E. macrophthalma – E. macularia – E. madaraszi – E. multicarinata – E. multifasciata – E. nagarjuni – E. palauensis – E. quadratilobus – E. quadricarinata – E. resetarii – E. rudis – E. rugifera – E. sahulinghangganan – E. sibalom – E. tammanna – E. trivittata – E. tytleri – E. vertebralis

Name

Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843: 22

Type species: Euprepes sebae Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by oiriginal designation.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page.
Batuwita, S. 2016. Description of Two New Species of Eutropis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely). Journal of Herpetology 50(3): 486-496. DOI: 10.1670/15-093 Reference page.
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.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy of two endemic Indian skinks, Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) and E. nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including redescriptions of their types. Zootaxa 4154(2): 155–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.3. Reference page.
Datta-Roy, A., Deepak, V., Sidharthan, C., Barley, A.J. & Karanth, P. 2015. An addition to the endemic Indian radiation of Eutropis: Phylogenetic position of Eutropis dissimilis Hallowell (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4027(1): 145–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Batuwita, S., Udugampala, S. & Edirisinghe, U. 2020. Description of a new species of Eutropis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Hills of Sri Lanka with the resurrection of Eutropis lankae (Deraniyagala). Journal of Animal Diversity 2(2): 36–55. DOI: 10.29252/JAD.2020.2.2.5 Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Campbell, P.D., Henkanaththegedara, S.M. & Karunarathna, S. 2020. A revision of Eutropis rudis (Boulenger, 1887), resurrection of E. lewisi (Bartlett, 1895) and description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Great Nicobar. Taprobanica 9(1): 12–22. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.217 Reference page.
Barley, A.J., Diesmos, A.C., Siler, C.D., Martinez, C.M. & Brown, R.M. 2020. Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species. Herpetological Monographs 34(1): 39–70. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00009.1 Reference page.
Barley, A.J., Sanguila, M.B. & Brown, R.M. 2021. A new species of Sun Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) from the Zamboanga Peninsula, southwestern Mindanao Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 14(2): 1–18. DOI: 10.26757/pjsb2020b14012 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Eutropis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2025.

Vernacular names

English: South Asian Sun Skinks