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Barkudia melanosticta (SCHNEIDER, 1801)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Visakhapatnam limbless skink 
SynonymAnguis melanostictus SCHNEIDER 1801
Barkudia melanosticta — DAS 1999
Barkudia melanosticta — MURTHY 2010 
DistributionSE India (coastal NE Andhra Pradesh, near Visakhapatnam)  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesNeotype: ZSI 20627 (holotype, based on figure in Russell 1796, specimen lost). Designation by Das (1999). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the genus Barkudia Annandale, 1917, B. melanosticta (Schneider, 1810), can be distinguished from B. insularis Annandale, 1917, as follows: larger size (SVL 161.0-164.9 mm. vs. 107.0-143.0 mm); palatal teeth present (vs. absent); anterior lobe of tongue distinctly narrowed (vs. not differentiated from the posterior lobe of tongue); and lobules around ear opening absent (vs. present). (Das 1999)


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CommentNot listed by BOULENGER, Cat. liz.

Limb morphology: Limbless.

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek words melano = black, and Greek stiktos (στικτός), punctured, spotted. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M. & Lavilla, E.O. (eds.) 2021. J. G. Schneider’s Historiae Amphibiorum: Herpetology at the Dawn of the 19th Century. SSAR, 848 pp. - get paper here
  • Das, I. 1999. Anguis melanostictus SCHNEIDER, 1801, a valid species of Barkudia (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern India. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 13-17 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp.
  • Schneider, JOHANN GOTTLOB 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas. Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues. Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Frommanni, Jena. 374 pp. - 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
 
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