Eutropis caraga BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN, 2020
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Eutropis caraga
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Caraga Sun Skink |
| Synonym | Eutropis caraga BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN 2020 Mabuya multicarinata — TAYLOR 1918: 247 [in part, misidentification]. Mabuya multicarinata multicarinata — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 126 [in part, misidentification] Eutropis multicarinata multicarinata — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003: 168 [by implication] Eutropis Clade E — BARLEY et al. 2013: 3563 Eutropis caraga — BARLEY et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Philippines (Mindanao, Bohol, Dinagat, Samar, Siargao) Type locality: Mount Lumot at 410 m, Municipality of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines (8.72168N, 125.07948E; datum 1⁄4 WGS84 |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: PNM 9845, Female, formerly KU 334226), collected by R.M. Brown, 13 July 2012. Paratypes: KU 334225, 334227– 334229, collected by RMB, M.B. Sanguila, and V. Yngente 16 July 2012, bearing the same locality data as the holotype; KU |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Eutropis distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) body medium-sized (SVL 64–84 mm in adults); (2) interparietal long, narrow, separating parietals; (3) paravertebrals 37–43; (4) sum of subdigital lamellae on all five toes of one foot 80–91; (5) ventral scale rows 26–30; (6) midbody scale rows 27–34; (7) keels on dorsal and lateral body scales moderately defined, 5–10 per scale; (8) lower eyelid scaly; (9) supraciliaries 6 or 7; (10) prefrontals separated; (11) primary temporal scales two; (12) dorsal and lateral body surface with relatively uniform bronze and dark brown coloration, respectively, without pronounced light stripes (Fig. 7). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The new name caraga is a feminine noun in apposition derived from the Caraga Region of northeastern Mindanao Island and the immediate offshore islands of Dinagat and Siargao, which includes the type locality. |
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