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Eumeces indothalensis KHAN & KHAN, 1997

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Mole Skink 
SynonymEumeces indothalensis KHAN & KHAN 1997
Novoeumeces indothalensis — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000
Eumeces indothalensis — KHAN 2002 (pers. comm.)
Eumeces indothalensis — SCHMITZ et al. 2004
Eumeces indothalensis — MASROOR 2009 
DistributionPakistan (Punjab)

Type locality: near village Bar Ginga, 9 Km SW of Bakkar, midwestern Punjab, Pakistan, 32°.50’ N, 71° E, along west bank of Indus River, elevation: 75 m.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1990.6 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Medium sized skink, with dorsal pattern of 5-7 dark brown stripes separated by alternating light narrower stripes, extending on to the tail, no scattered scales of different colour on the body and limbs; nasal scale resting on first supralabial; nasal suture horizontal; no postnasal; interparietal about
half the size of frontal and is of the same shape; two azygos postmentals; 52-56 scales in paired middorsal row of wider scales; posterior loreal and presuboculars longer than deep; no intercalary scales between subdigital lamellae. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
  • FAIZI, HIVA; NASRULLAH RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI, ROMAN NAZAROV, NASTARAN HEIDARI, BAHMAN ZANGI, VALENTINA ORLOVA, NIKOLAI POYARKOV 2017. A new species of Eumeces Wiegmann 1834 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4320 (2): 289–304 - get paper here
  • Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16 - get paper here
  • Khan, M.S. 2003. CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE LIZARDS OF PAKISTAN. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. (1): 1-25 - get paper here
  • Khan, Muhammad S; Khan, Muhammad R Z 1997. A new skink from the Thal Desert of Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 61-67 - get paper here
  • Masroor, R. 2009. Description of a new species of Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 2161: 33–46 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Schmitz, Andreas; Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 – 89 - get paper here
  • Shi, Haitao; Jonathan J. Fong, James F. Parham, Junfeng Pang, Jichao Wang, Meiling Hong, Ya-Ping Zhang 2008. Mitochondrial variation of the “eyed” turtles (Sacalia) based on known-locality and trade specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 1025-1029 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
 
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