Eutropis clivicola (INGER, SHAFFER, KOSHY & BAKDE, 1984)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Inger's Mabuya, Ponmudi Skink
Synonym	Mabuya clivicola INGER, SHAFFER, KOSHY & BAKDE 1984: 561 Mabuya clivicola — DAS 1996: 47 Eutropis clivicola — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Eutropis clivicola — PALOT et al. 2025
Distribution	India (Kerala, Karnataka) Type locality: Ponmudi, Trivandrum District, Kerala, 260 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: NMND (given as NMNHI)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: SVL to 55 mm; prefrontals in narrow contact; dorsal scales with five weak keels; lamellae under fourth toe 17–19; a narrow, dark vertebral stripe and labial; and gular regions not flame scarlet) [from DAS et al. 2008] Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about between half a page and a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin clivus, hill, and -cola, dwelling in.
References	Das, Indraneil; de Silva, Anslem; Austin, Christopher C. 2008. A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1700: 35-52 - 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 Inger, Robert F.;Shaffer, H. Bradley;Koshy, Mammen;Bakde, Ramesh 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (3): 551-570 - get paper here Palot, M. J., Hegde, V., & Amal, S. 2025. First report of the Ponmudi Skink, Eutropis clivicola (Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde 1984), from Karnataka, India. Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), e23306-e23306 Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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