Eutropis cuprea BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN, 2020
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Eutropis cuprea
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Copper Sun Skink |
| Synonym | Eutropis cuprea BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN 2020: 55 Eutropis Clade A — BARLEY et al. 2013: 3563 Eutropis cuprea — BARLEY et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Philippines (SW Mindanao: South Cotobato) Type locality: Barangay Tablu, Sitio Datal Mangisi, Municipality of Tampakan, South Cotobato Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: PNM 9868, Female, formerly KU 327372, collected by J.B. Fernandez, 17 August 2009. Paratypes (paratopotypes).Two juveniles (KU 327370, 327371) bearing the same locality data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Eutropis distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) adult body mediumsized (one specimen measures 83 mm); (2) interparietal large, separating parietals; (3) paravertebrals 38; (4) sum of subdigital lamellae on all five toes of one foot 76–78; (5) ventral scale rows 27–30; (6) midbody scale rows 30–31; (7) keels on dorsal and lateral body scales moderately defined, 9–12; (8) lower eyelid scaly; (9) supraciliaries six; (10) prefrontals in contact or barely separated; (11) primary temporal scales one; (12) dorsal and lateral body surface having relatively uniform bronze and dark brown coloration, respectively, without pronounced light stripes. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species name is a Latin adjective meaning ‘‘copper,’’ in reference to this species only being known from near Tampakan, Mindanao (which is the location of one of the largest copper deposits in the world), as well as the general copper coloration of the dorsum in species of the E. multicarinata complex, such as this one. |
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