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Eutropis brevis (GÜNTHER, 1875)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEuprepes brevis GÜNTHER 1875: 225
Mabouia brevis – BOULENGER 1887
Mabuya macularia – BOULENGER 1890 part
Mabuya macularia var. 1 – SMITH 1935 part
Mabuya macularia – INGER et al. 1984 part
Eutropis macularia 3 (Western Ghats) – DATTA-ROY et al., 2012 part
Eutropis macularia (Blyth, 1853) – BATUWITA 2016 part
Eutropis brevis — GANESH et al. 2021 
DistributionS India (Kerala: from the southernmost range the Ashambu, Agasthyamalai, northwards across Cardamom hills, Travancore, High Wavys, High Ranges, Munnar, Anaimalai and Parambikulam hills)

Type locality: Travancore and Anamallays [Western Ghats, South India].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NHMUK 1874.4.29.254-55 = BMNH, two adults from Travancore, NHMUK 1874.4.29.354 (re-reg. NHMUK 1946.8.19.14)a subadult from Anamallays, coll. R.H. Beddome (Günther, 1875; Boulenger, 1887). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A relatively small species of Eutropis (adult SVL 37 mm; adult males in nuptial colouration seen in individuals from ~27mm) restricted to the Western Ghats, belonging to E. macularia clade, characterised by: 27-30 midbody scale rows, nuchal and dorsal scales with 3-5 keels on each scale, with no pointed spurs projecting behind or mucronate structures; postnasals absent; supranasals and prefrontals separated; 2 distinctly divided frontoparietals; interparietal fully separating parietals; one pair of broad nuchals; temporal scales with 3-4 keels; ear-hole as large as a lateral scale without anterior lobules; lower eyelids scaly with a series of opaque scales; ventrals: 41-45; fourth toe subdigital lamellae: 14-16; dorsum uniform fawn brown with a wide dark grey-brown lateral wash extending fromneartemporal to inguinal region. (from Ganesh et al. 2021, who cite Günther, 1875; Boulenger, 1887, 1890; Smith, 1935; Datta-Roy et al., 2012)


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CommentSynonymy: Eutropis brevis has been considered a synonym of Eutropis (or Mabuya) macularia at least since Smith 1935, but revalidated by Ganesh et al. 2021. See also Eutropis macularia.

Distribution: Ganesh do not provide any details on distribution, except for the type locality. 
EtymologyApparently named after its short body form, from Latin “brevis, -e” = short. (Günther, 1875). 
References
  • Batuwita, Sudesh 2016. Description of Two New Species of Eutropis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely). Journal of Herpetology 50 (3): 486-496. - 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
  • Datta-Roy, Aniruddha; Mewa Singh, C. Srinivasulu, K. Praveen Karanth 2012. Phylogeny of the Asian Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals an ‘into India’ endemic Indian radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 817–824 - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S. R.; Kaushik Deuti, N. S. Achyuthan, Patrick Campbell, Sujoy Raha, Probhat Bag and Sudipta Debnath 2021. Taxonomic reassessment of Eutropis macularia (Blyth, 1853) complex in the Western Ghats of India: Resurrection of Eutropis brevis (Günther, 1875), Eutropis dawsoni (Annandale, 1909) and synonymisation of Eutropis gansi (Das, 1991) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Rec. zool. Surv. India 121(3): 363–374 - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875: 224-234 - get paper here
  • Inger, Robert F.;Shaffer, H. Bradley;Koshy, Mammen;Bakde, Ramesh 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (3): 551-570 - 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.
 
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