Eutropis ashwamedhi (SHARMA, 1969)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ashwamedha supple skink
Synonym	Riopa ashwamedhi SHARMA 1969 Riopa ashwamedhi — SHARMA 1971: 85 Lygosoma ashwamedhi — DAS 1996: 46 Eutropis ashwamedhi — SRINIVASULU et al. 2016
Distribution	India (Andhra Pradesh) Type locality: ‘..5 km S.W. of Pullareddygudem (south of the excavated ‘ashwamedh site’), Nagarjunakonda Valley, Guntur Dist.’; ‘Nandikonda Valley, Vijayapuri North, Nalgonda Dist.’; ZSI 21176 (paratype), from ‘Eddenmotu Hills, 3 km. S. of Pullareddygudem village, Nagarjunakonda Valley East, Guntur Dist.’; ‘..hills on right bank of R. Krishna, 3 km. S. of Vijayapuri South, Nalgonda District’. The provenance is unknown. [fide Das et al. 1998]
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: ZSI 21173, ZSI 21174 (paratype), ZSI 21175 (paratype), ZSI 21177 (paratype), ZSI 21178 (paratype)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: This species closely resembles R. punctata (Gmelin) from India, but is separable as follows: (1) Distance between axilla and groin 1.5 times the distance between tip of snout and fore-limb (vs. 2-2.75 times). (2) Lower eyelids scaly, central scales of the lid much enlarged and thin (vs. with an undivided semitransparent disc). (3) Frontal scale shorter than fronto-parietals and interparietal together (vs. longer). (4) Scales bordering outer margins of parietals equal (vs. tempora- scale bordering the outer margins of parietals enlarged). (5) Ear opening with 3 or 4 minute lobules on anterior margin (vs. 1 ог 2). (6) With 28-32 scales round the body (vs. 24-28; 45-60 scales down the middle of back (vs. 62-76). (7) With 13-15 lamellae under fourth toe (vs. 11-14). Measurements. Total length. 52-91 mm.; Standard length. 20-32 mm. (Sharma 1971: 85)
Comment
References	Aengals, R.; V.M. Sathish Kumar & Muhamed Jafer Palot 2013. Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. Privately published, 24 pp. Das,I. 1996. Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida Sharma, R.C. 1969. Two new izards of the genera Mabuya Fitzinger and Riopa Gray (Scincidae) from India. Bull. Systematic Zool. (Calcutta) 1 (2): 71-75 Sharma, R.C. 1971. The reptile fauna of the Nagarjunasagar Dam area (Andhra Pradesh, India). Records Zool. Survey India 63: 77–93 [1965] - get paper here SRINIVASULU, CHELMALA; BHARGAVI SRINIVASULU, ADITYA SRINIVASULU, MIDATHALA SEETHARAMARAJU 2016. No longer supple? Molecular phylogeny suggests generic reassignment of Lygosoma ashwamedhi (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4127 (1): 135–148 - get paper here 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 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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