Dravidoseps jawadhuensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Jawadhu leaf-litter skink
Synonym	Dravidoseps jawadhuensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2024: 59 Lygosoma cf. pruthi – GANESH & ARUMUGAM (2016) Lygosoma pruthi – GANESH & AENGALS 2018 Subdoluseps pruthi – GANESH et al. 2021
Distribution	India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Beeman falls (12.60174°N, 78.84590°E; elevation ca. 450 m asl.), Jawadhu Hills, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu State, India.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. NRC-AA-8274 (CES 09/930), adult male, collected by Ishan Agarwal and team on 12th July 2009. Paratype. BNHS 2569 (AK 850), subadult, from Beeman falls car parking (12.60513°N, 78.86947°E; elevation ca. 580 m asl.), same data as holotype except collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar, Tejas Thackeray and team on 4th June 2019.
Diagnosis
Comment
References	Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A 2024. A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23–83
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://zoobank.org/D9A6A3BD-173D-4D7C-B4C5-2FF1901434AC Google images

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