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Eutropis vertebralis (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMabuia vertebralis BOULENGER 1887: 180 (fide SMITH 1935)
Lacerta rufescens SHAW 1802 [Partim]
Tiliqua trivittata — JERDON, 1853
Tiliqua trivittata — THEOBALD 1868
Euprepes trivittatus — BLANFORD 1870
Eumeces trivittatus — ANDERSON 1871
Euprepes trivittatus — STOLICZKA 1872
Euprepes trivittatus — THEOBALD 1876
Mabuia vertebralis — BOULENGER 1887
Mabuia vertebralis — BOULENGER 1890
Mabuya trivittata — SMITH 1935
Eutropis trivittata — MAUSFELD et al., 2002
Eutropis trivittata — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Eutropis vertebralis — AMARASINGHE et al. 2021 
DistributionIndia (N Karnataka, Maharashtra)

Type locality: Belgaum (15°50’ 58.90’’ N, 74° 29’ 51.63’’ E, datum = WGS84; 763 m above sea level), Karnataka, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NHMUK 1946.8.18.34, Adult male (formerly 1933.6.25.1), SVL 64.4 mm, collected by Andrew Leith Adams, see the discussion in Amarasinghe et al. 2022, probably between 1849 and 1854 [Deuti et al. (2020) mistakenly identified this specimen as the holotype of Eutropis trivittata]. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A combination of the following characters distin- guishes Eutropis vertebralis comb. nov. from all other congeners: adults SVL up to 78.7 mm, presence of vertebral, dorsolateral, and lateral longitudinal black-edged, white stripes, tri-to quinque- carinate mid dorsal scales, absence of nuchal pair, four pre- auricular lobules, absence of transparent disc on the lower eyelid, 33-36 midbody scale rows, 57-63 ventrals, 50-55 paravertebrals, 12-14 lamellae beneath forth toe, absence of postnasal scale, and keeled temporal scales (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). 
CommentSynonymy: Eutropis vertebralis has been considered as a synonym of E. trivittata at least since Smith 1935 but revalidated by Amarasinghe et al. 2021.

Abundance: Eutropis vertebralis is known from 16 localities (total 20 sightings) since its description in 1887 (Fig. 9, Amarasinghe et al. 2022).

Distribution: Reports from Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are apparently erroneous (Amarasinghe et al. 2022). For a map see Amarasinghe et al. 2021: 83 (Fig. 9). 
References
  • Amarasinghe, A A Thasun, S R Ganesh, Zeeshan A Mirza, Patrick D Campbell, Olivier S G Pauwels, Silke Schweiger, Alexander Kupfer, et al. 2021. The Delusion of Stripes: A Century-Old Mystery of Five-Lined Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India Elucidated. Zoologischer Anzeiger 296: 71–90 [print 2022] - get paper here
  • Anderson, J. 1871. A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12-39. - get paper here
  • Blanford, W.T. 1870. Notes on some Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 335-376 - 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
  • Jerdon, T.C. 1853. Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1854]: 462-479 (1853 fide Bauer et al. 2008) - get paper here
  • MAUSFELD, Patrick & Andreas SCHMITZ 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 3: 161–171 - get paper here
  • Mausfeld, Patrick; Andreas SCHMITZ; Wolfgang BÖHME; Bernhard MISOF; Davor VRCIBRADIC; Carlos Frederico Duarte ROCHA 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz. 241: 281–293 - get paper here
  • Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615 - 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.
  • Stoliczka, F. 1872. Notes on various new or little-known Indian lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xli (2): 86-135 - get paper here
  • Theobald, WILLIAM 1868. Catalogue of reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88 - get paper here
  • Theobald,W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp. - get paper here
 
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