Eutropis innotata (BLANFORD, 1870)
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Eutropis innotata
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Blanford's Mabuya |
| Synonym | Euprepes innotatus BLANFORD 1870: 354 Mabuia innotata — BOULENGER 1887 Mabuya innotata — SMITH 1935: 263 Mabuya innotatus — DAS 1996: 47 Eutropis innotata — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 |
| Distribution | India (Maharashtra; Korba, Bilaspu, Chinnamanthanalar) Type locality: “Pem Ganga valley, S.E. Berár” (Penganga Valley), a branch of the Godavari River basin in the Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NHMUK 1946.8.19.2, adult male; erroneously given as ZSI 2358 by some older authors (which is a voucher in ZSI but not the type). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Eutropis inhabiting parts of the Deccan plateau, characterised as follows: morpho- logically most similar to E. dissimilis in body colouration, but lacks vertebral striping (a pair of black and white vertebral stripes in E. dissimilis); five keels on the mid dorsal scales (two), a nuchal pair (absent). In addition, E. innotata is similar to E. bibronii and E. nagarjunensis by having a transparent disc on the lower eyelid, but is dis- tinguishable from those two species by having no vertebral stripes (present), and having 32–34 midbody scale rows (28–30 in E. bibronii), 56–60 ventrals (less than 52 ventrals), 45–50 paravertebrals (less than 41), 14–18 lamellae beneath the forth toe (20–24 in E. nagarjunensis), a single pair of smooth nuchals (two pairs of keeled nuchals), smooth temporals (keeled in E. bibronii), and absence of postnasal scale (present). Furthermore, E. innotata can be distinguished from any other known Eutropis species by having the following combination of characters: adult SVL of 54.7 mm, absence of mid dorsal longitudinal stripes, five keels on the mid dorsal scales, a smooth nuchal pair, three pre-auricular lobules, a transparent disc on the lower eyelid, 32–34 midbody scale rows, 56–60 ventrals, 45–50 paravertebrals, 14–18 lamellae beneath forth toe, absence of postnasal scale, and smooth temporal scales (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Conservation: May be of least concern. Eutropis innotata was known by only three collected specimens, until Rao et al. (2010) collected the fourth specimen from the Gundla Brahmeswaram Metta Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh. Deuti et al. (2020) listed two additional specimens from Melghat Tiger Reserve and Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashatra. While rarely reported, it is known from 5 localities (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). Similar species: E. carinata. |
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