Eutropis dawsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

Eutropis dawsoni (Annandale, 1909)

• Lectotype: ZSI 16170. [designated by Das et al. (1998)]
• Type locality: “Maddathorai, Tenmalai, Kulattupuzha, Shasthancottah”, restricted to “Madathorai [=Madathara]”, Kerala, India, via lectotype selection.
• Paralectotypes: ZSI 16140 and 16171.

Combinations

• Lygosoma dawsoni Annandale, 1909: 257 [original combination]
• Eutropis dawsoni — Ganesh, Deuti, Achyuthan, Campbell, Raha, Bag & Debnath, 2021: 365 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Mabuya gansi Das, 1991: 342 [synonymised by Ganesh, Deuti, Achyuthan, Campbell, Raha, Bag & Debnath (2021: 365)]

References

Primary references

• Annandale, N. 1909. Report on a small collection of lizards from Travancore. Records of the Indian Museum 3: 253–257.
• Das, I. 1991. A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25(3): 342–344. DOI: 10.2307/1564594
• Ganesh, S.R., Deuti, K., Achyuthan, N.S., Campbell, P.D., Raha, S., Bag, P. & Debnath, S. 2021. Taxonomic reassessment of Eutropis macularia (Blyth, 1853) complex in the Western Ghats of India: Resurrection of Eutropis brevis (Günther, 1875), Eutropis dawsoni (Annandale, 1909) and synonymisation of Eutropis gansi (Das, 1991) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121(3): 363–374. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/154296 Reference page.