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Dravidoseps kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: KMTR leaf-litter skink 
SynonymDravidoseps kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2024: 62 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: near Wood House, Talayanai road, (8.52200°N, 77.50403°E; elevation ca. 200 m asl.), Kalakadu Reserve Forest, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NRC-AA-8275 (AK-R 984), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 30th March 2022.
Paratypes (n = 9). ZSI-R-28614 (AK-R 982), adult male, ZSI-R-28615 (AK-R 983) adult female, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8278 (AK-R 666), adult male, BNHS 2829 (AK-R 667), ZSI-R-28613 (AK-R 981), adult females, from below Sengaltheri (8.52824°N, 77.47968°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 4th May 2021; NRC-AA-8276 (AK-R 605), adult male, NRC-AA-8277 (AK-R 606), subadult, from Therku Viravallanur Reserve Forest (8.57553°N, 77.53916°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.) collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 5th May 2021; BNHS 2830 (AK-R 700), BNHS 2831 (AK-R 701), adult males from near Kodumudiyaru dam (8.43122°N, 77.52425°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), Thirukkurungudi Reserve Forest, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 8th May 2021; all from KMTR, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India. 
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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
 
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