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Eutropis ashwamedhi (SHARMA, 1969)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ashwamedha supple skink 
SynonymRiopa ashwamedhi SHARMA 1969
Riopa ashwamedhi — SHARMA 1971: 85
Lygosoma ashwamedhi — DAS 1996: 46
Eutropis ashwamedhi — SRINIVASULU et al. 2016 
DistributionIndia (Andhra Pradesh)

Type locality: ‘..5 km S.W. of Pullareddygudem (south of the excavated ‘ashwamedh site’), Nagarjunakonda Valley, Guntur Dist.’; ‘Nandikonda Valley, Vijayapuri North, Nalgonda Dist.’; ZSI 21176 (paratype), from ‘Eddenmotu Hills, 3 km. S. of Pullareddygudem village, Nagarjunakonda Valley East, Guntur Dist.’; ‘..hills on right bank of R. Krishna, 3 km. S. of Vijayapuri South, Nalgonda District’. The provenance is unknown. [fide Das et al. 1998]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 21173, ZSI 21174 (paratype), ZSI 21175 (paratype), ZSI 21177 (paratype), ZSI 21178 (paratype) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Sharma 1971: 85 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Aengals, R.; V.M. Sathish Kumar & Muhamed Jafer Palot 2013. Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. Privately published, 24 pp.
  • Das,I. 1996. Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida
  • Sharma, R.C. 1969. Two new izards of the genera Mabuya Fitzinger and Riopa Gray (Scincidae) from India. Bull. Systematic Zool. (Calcutta) 1 (2): 71-75
  • Sharma, R.C. 1971. The reptile fauna of the Nagarjunasagar Dam area (Andhra Pradesh, India). Records Zool. Survey India 63: 77–93 [1965] - get paper here
  • SRINIVASULU, CHELMALA; BHARGAVI SRINIVASULU, ADITYA SRINIVASULU, MIDATHALA SEETHARAMARAJU 2016. No longer supple? Molecular phylogeny suggests generic reassignment of Lygosoma ashwamedhi (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4127 (1): 135–148 - get paper here
  • Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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