Kaestlea laterimaculata (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Side-spotted skink
Synonym	Lygosoma laterimaculatum BOULENGER 1887: 260 Leiolopisma laterimaculatum — SMITH 1935: 305 Leiolopisma laterimaculatum — SMITH 1937: 223 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) bilineatum laterimaculatum — CONSTABLE 1949 Scincella laterimaculata — GREER 1974 Kaestlea laterimaculata — EREMCHENKO & DAS 2004
Distribution	SW India (Tinnevelly District; Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu; Kerala: Travancore). Type locality: top of Sivagherry Ghat (lectotype locality)
Reproduction
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.54, designated by Eremchenko & Das (2004).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from the last species as follows: subdigital scales in a single row on fingers and less than half on toes; greater number of scales round middle of neck (33-36/mean 34.7), midbody scales rows (25-26/25.8) and greater number of lamellae under toe IV (19-22/ 20.5; 20-25, according to Smith, 1935); and from Kaestlea palnica and K. travacorica, in showing paired frontoparietals. (Eremchenko & Das 2004) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1143 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonyms partly that of Ouboter (1986). Kaestlea laterimaculata has been previously synonymized with Mocoa (now: Kastlea) travancorica.
Etymology	Named after Latin lateris, side; flank, and Latin macula = spot, for the spotted-side flanks.
References	Boettger, O. 1892. Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien. Ber. Tät. Offenb. Ver. Nat., Offenbach, 29 - 32: 65 - 164 - 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 Eremchenko, V. K & I. Das 2004. Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 43-50 - get paper here Ganesh, S.R.; S. Bhupathy, P. Karthik, G. Babu Rao & S. Babu 2020. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India. JoTT 12 (9): 16123–16135 - get paper here Ouboter P E 1986. A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution. Zoologische Verhandelingen (229): 1-66 - get paper here Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - 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. Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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