Barkudia insularis ANNANDALE, 1917

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Madras Spotted Skink
Synonym	Barkudia insularis ANNANDALE 1917: 20 Barkudia insularis — SMITH 1935: 352 Barkudia insularis — DAS & DATTAGUPTA 1997 Barkudia insularis — MURTHY 2010
Distribution	India (Orissa = Odisha: Chilka Lake) Type locality: Barkuda I., Chilka Lake, Madras Pres.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZSI 18075
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: Limbless. Abundance: Extremely rare, has only been found once since its decription in 1917. Type species: Barkudia insularis ANNANDALE 1917 is the type species of the genus Barkudia ANNANDALE 1917.
References	Annandale, N. 1917. A new genus of limbless skinks from an island in the Chilka Lake. Records of the Indian Museum 13: 17-21 - get paper here Biswas, S. or Acharjyo, L.N. (??) 1979. A Note on the Distribution of Barkudia insularis, a Rare Limbless Lizard from Orissa. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 76: 524-525 - get paper here Das, Indraneil; Dattagupta, Basudeb 1997. Rediscovery of the holotypes of Ophisops jerdoni Blyth, 1853 and Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917. . Hamadryad 22 (1): 53-55 - get paper here Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp. 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. 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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