Chalcidoseps thwaitesi (GÜNTHER, 1872)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Thwaites' Skink
Synonym	Nessia thwaitesi GÜNTHER 1872: 86 Chalcidoseps thwaitesi — BOULENGER 1887: 423 Chalcidoseps thwaitesi — SMITH 1935: 355 Chalcidoseps thwaitesi — ZIESMANN et al. 2007
Distribution	Sri Lanka Type locality: Ceylon
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.5 (formerly 71.12.14.3), Ceylon, collected G.H.K. Thwaites.
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Nessia thwaitesi GÜNTHER 1872: 86 is the type species of the genus Chalcidoseps BOULENGER 1887: 423.
Etymology	Named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1811-1882), an accountant who studied botany in his spare time. From 1847 he lectured on botany at the School of Pharmacy and Bristol Medical School.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. de Silva, Anslem, Aaron Bauer, Christopher Austin, Suraj Goonewardene, John Drake and P. de Silva 2005. Chalcidoseps thwaitesii (Günther, 1872) (Reptilia: Scincidae) Four-toed skink: preliminary observation. Lyriocephalus (Special Issue) 6(1-2):103-111 - get paper here Günther, A. 1872. Descriptions of some Ceylonese Reptiles and Batrachians. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 9: 85-88 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Somaweera, R. & Somaweera, N. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 pp. Taylor, E.H. 1953. A review of the lizards of Ceylon. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 35 (12): 1525-1585 - get paper here Taylor, Edward H. 1950. Ceylones lizards of the family Scincidae. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (2): 481-518 - get paper here Ziesmann, S.; Klaas, P.& Janzen, P. 2007. Von Skinken und anderen Echsen [Sri Lankas]. Draco 7 (30): 18-23 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.SriLankanReptiles.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/254166006808005/ Google images

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