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Eutropis englei (TAYLOR, 1925)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Six-striped Mabouya 
SynonymMabuya englei TAYLOR 1925: 101
Mabuya engeli [sic] — TAYLOR 1944: 149
Mabuya englei — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 134
Mabuya englei — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 120
Mabuya engelei — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Eutropis englei — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 
DistributionPhilippines (Mindanao)

Type locality: Type loc. Saub, Cotabato Prov., Mindanao, P. I.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 26289, Coll., E. H. Taylor, April, 1923. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Captain Francis G. Engle (1888-1974) of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1907-). Taylor wrote, "Captain Engle extended me innumerable courtesies while I was on his ship and assisted me greatly in making collections on the Mindanao coast." 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Brown, WC. & A.C. ALCALA 1980. Philippine Lizards of the family Scincidae. Silliman Univ. Nat. Sci., Dumaguete City, Mon., Ser. 2: i-xi + 1-246.
  • Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144
  • Mohagan, Alma B.; Olga M. Nuñeza, Angel C. Alcala, Jose A. Escarlos Jr., Arturo G. Gracia Jr., Eric Claire T. Selpa, Leonil Jun B. Baguhin, Fulgent P. Coritico & Victor B. Amoroso 2019. Species richness and endemism of Reptilian Fauna in four Long-Term Ecological Research sites in Mindanao, Philippines. Biodiversity Journal, 2019, 10 (3): 237–248 - get paper here
  • Relox, Richel E.; Emmanuel P. Leańo, and Fritzie B. Ates-Camino 2011. Herpetofaunal Endemism And Diversity in Tropical Forests of Mt. Hamiguitan in the Philippines. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (1): 107−113 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1944. Present location of certain herpetological and other type specimens. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 30 (1): 117-187. - get paper here
  • Taylor,E.H. 1925. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippines, IV. Philippine J. Sci. 26: 97-111
  • Tirona, A. V. M., Senarillos, T. L., & Pitogo, K. M. 2023. New distribution record of the Six-striped Mabouya, Eutropis englei (Taylor 1925), extends its range inland on Mindanao, Philippines. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(1), e20030-e20030 - get paper here
 
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