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Eutropis vertebralis (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMabuia vertebralis BOULENGER 1887: 180 (fide SMITH 1935)
Lacerta rufescens SHAW 1802 [Partim]
Tiliqua trivittata — JERDON, 1853
Tiliqua trivittata — THEOBALD 1868
Euprepes trivittatus — BLANFORD 1870
Eumeces trivittatus — ANDERSON 1871
Euprepes trivittatus — STOLICZKA 1872
Euprepes trivittatus — THEOBALD 1876
Mabuia vertebralis — BOULENGER 1887
Mabuia vertebralis — BOULENGER 1890
Mabuya trivittata — SMITH 1935
Eutropis trivittata — MAUSFELD et al., 2002
Eutropis trivittata — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Eutropis vertebralis — AMARASINGHE et al. 2021 
DistributionIndia (N Karnataka, Maharashtra)

Type locality: Belgaum (15°50’ 58.90’’ N, 74° 29’ 51.63’’ E, datum = WGS84; 763 m above sea level), Karnataka, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NHMUK 1946.8.18.34 = BMNH, Adult male (formerly 1933.6.25.1), SVL 64.4 mm, collected by Andrew Leith Adams, see the discussion in Amarasinghe et al. 2022, probably between 1849 and 1854 [Deuti et al. (2020) mistakenly identified this specimen as the holotype of Eutropis trivittata]. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A combination of the following characters distinguishes Eutropis vertebralis comb. nov. from all other congeners: adults SVL up to 78.7 mm, presence of vertebral, dorsolateral, and lateral longitudinal black-edged, white stripes, tri-to quinquecarinate mid dorsal scales, absence of nuchal pair, four preauricular lobules, absence of transparent disc on the lower eyelid, 33-36 midbody scale rows, 57-63 ventrals, 50-55 paravertebrals, 12-14 lamellae beneath forth toe, absence of postnasal scale, and keeled temporal scales (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). 
CommentSynonymy: Eutropis vertebralis has been considered as a synonym of E. trivittata at least since Smith 1935 but revalidated by Amarasinghe et al. 2021.

Abundance: Eutropis vertebralis is known from 16 localities (total 20 sightings) since its description in 1887 (Fig. 9, Amarasinghe et al. 2022).

Distribution: Reports from Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are apparently erroneous (Amarasinghe et al. 2022). For a map see Amarasinghe et al. 2021: 83 (Fig. 9). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin vertebra (backbone) plus the suffix -alis (belonging to), in reference to the vertebral stripe. 
References
  • Amarasinghe, A A Thasun, S R Ganesh, Zeeshan A Mirza, Patrick D Campbell, Olivier S G Pauwels, Silke Schweiger, Alexander Kupfer, et al. 2021. The Delusion of Stripes: A Century-Old Mystery of Five-Lined Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India Elucidated. Zoologischer Anzeiger 296: 71–90 [print 2022] - get paper here
  • Anderson, J. 1871. A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12-39. - get paper here
  • Blanford, W.T. 1870. Notes on some Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 335-376 - 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
  • Jerdon, T.C. 1853. Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1854]: 462-479 (1853 fide Bauer et al. 2008) - get paper here
  • MAUSFELD, Patrick & Andreas SCHMITZ 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 3: 161–171 - get paper here
  • Mausfeld, Patrick; Andreas SCHMITZ; Wolfgang BÖHME; Bernhard MISOF; Davor VRCIBRADIC; Carlos Frederico Duarte ROCHA 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz. 241: 281–293 - get paper here
  • Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615 - 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.
  • Stoliczka, F. 1872. Notes on various new or little-known Indian lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xli (2): 86-135 - get paper here
  • Theobald, WILLIAM 1868. Catalogue of reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88 - get paper here
  • Theobald,W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp. - get paper here
 
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