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Dravidoseps nilgiriensis GANESH, SRIKANTHAN, GHOSH, ADHIKARI, KUMAR, & DATTA-ROY, 2021

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Nilgiri gracile skink 
SynonymSubdoluseps nilgiriensis GANESH, SRIKANTHAN, GHOSH, ADHIKARI, KUMAR, & DATTA-ROY 2021
Dravidoseps nilgiriensis — AGARWAL et al. 2024: 51 
DistributionIndia (W Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: Anaikatti hills, Coimbatore, Western Ghats, peninsular India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. BNHS 2642 Collected in September 2019 by AG, SRG & NSA on private land (11.110 ̊N, 76.769 ̊E 600 m asl), Anaikatti hills, Coimbatore, Western Ghats, peninsular India. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Subdoluseps inhabiting the dry leeward hills and slopes of the Nilgiri hills (Mulli and Anaikatty hills) and differing from its sister species Subdoluseps pruthi as follows: 28–29 mid body scale rows (versus 32–34 in S. pruthi); 66–69 paravertebral count (versus 50–62 in S. pruthi). (Ganesh et al. 2021)


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CommentSimilar species: S. pruthi. 
EtymologyToponym, named after its type locality in the Nilgiris, one of the prominent massifs in the Western Ghats. 
References
  • Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A 2024. A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: sys- tematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23–83
  • GANESH, S. R.; SRIKANTHAN, A. N., GHOSH, A., ADHIKARI, O. D., KUMAR, S. V. V., & DATTA-ROY, ANIRUDDHA 2021. A new species of Asian gracile skink (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Subdoluseps) from the rain-shadow belts of Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4950 (2): 361-376 - get paper here
 
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