Sepsophis punctatus BEDDOME, 1870
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Spotted Eastern Ghats skink |
Synonym | Sepsophis punctatus BEDDOME 1870: 172 Sepophis punctatus [sic] — BOULENGER 1887: 423 Sepsophis punctatus — SMITH 1935: 353 Sepsophis punctatus — DAS 1996: 48 Sepsophis punctatus — DATTA-ROY et al. 2013 |
Distribution | India (Odisha, Andhra Pradesh) Type locality: Darakondah, Golconda Hills, Madras Pres.; ““Darakondah on the Golcondah hills near Vizagapatnam” (= Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state, India), 914 m elevation fide DATTA-ROY et al. 2013. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.30 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Known only from the type specimen and 4 specimens found 137 years after the original description (Datta-Roy et al. 2013). Type species: Sepsophis punctatus BEDDOME 1870: 172 is the type species of the genus Sepsophis BEDDOME 1870. |
Etymology | Named after the punctate pattern that many specimens show in this species. |
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