Eutropis chapaensis (BOURRET, 1937)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sapa mabuya
Synonym	Tiliqua chapaense BOURRET 1937 Mabuya chapaensis — BOBROV 1992 Eutropis chapaensis Mabuya chapaensis — BOBROV & SEMENOV 2008
Distribution	Vietnam (Nguyen Van Sang, Ho Thu Cuc, 1979; Tran Kien et al., 1981; Son La) Type locality: Cha Pa (= Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province), 1500 m elevation
Reproduction
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1948.0051, MNHN-RA 1948.0052, MNHN-RA 1948.0052A, MNHN-RA 1948.0053, MNHN-RA 1948.0054 (5 syntypes); unknown (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009)
Diagnosis
Comment	A dichotomous key to the five species of the genus Mabuya in Vietnam is provided by Bobrov 1992.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bobrov V V. 1992. A new scincid lizard (Reptilia Sauria Scincidae) from Vietnam [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71 (9): 156-158 Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp. Bourret,R. 1937. Notes herpetologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. XII. Les lezards de la collection du Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Universite. Descriptions de cinq especes nouvelles. XIII. Serpents... Bull. Gén. Instr. Pub. Hanoi (May 1937): 1-22; 23-39 Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Nguyen, Truong Quang; Anh Van Pham, Hoang Van Tu, Tan Van Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler 2018. New records and an updated list of lizards from Son La Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 11: 209-216 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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