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Dravidoseps goaensis SHARMA, 1976

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Goan supple skink, Goan leaf-litter skink 
SynonymRiopa goaensis SHARMA 1976: 157
Lygosoma goaensis — DAS 1996: 46
Riopa goaensis — FREITAS et al. 2019
Dravidoseps goaensis — AGARWAL et al. 2024 
DistributionIndia (Goa)

Type locality: Goa, ca. 5 km NE of Foret Rest House, Molem.

Neotype locality: vicinity of Hotel Whistling Woods (15.96006°N, 73.99736°E; elevation ca. 720 m asl.), Amboli, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra State, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesNeotype. BNHS 2567 (AK 1345), adult female, collected by Akshay Khandekar on 18th February 2021, designated by Agarwal et al. 2024. The holotype: ZSI 22032, appears to be lost (fide Agarwal et al. 2024).
Additional material (n = 6). ZSI-R-28612 (AK-R 847), adult male same data as neotype except collected on 3rd January 2022; NRC-AA-1303 (AK 1052), subadult, from near Ugwai temple (16.37237°N, 73.86344°E; elevation ca. 650 m asl.), Dajipur; NRC-AA-1304 (AK 1192), subadult, from Talaye (16.65794°N, 73.91782°E; elevation ca. 600 m asl.); NRC-AA-1305 (AK 1300), adult male, from near Pandivare (16.36671°N, 74.09036°E; elevation ca. 820 m asl.); and BNHS 2566 (AK 1303), adult female, from near Kapurkada Falls, Washi (16.72807°N, 73.87645°E; elevation ca. 700 m asl.); all in Kolhapur District, Maharashtra State, India, same collectors as neotype, collected March–July 2019. NRC-AA-1302 (AK-R 2808), subadult, from Ustam (15.55983°N, 74.18788°E; elevation ca. 150 m asl.), South Goa District, Goa State, India, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Satpal Gangalmale, and Swapnil Pawar on 20 June 2023. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A medium-sized skink snout to vent length up to 56 mm (n = 7). Six or seven supralabials and six (rarely seven, n = 1/7) infralabials up to angle of mouth; fifth supralabial elongate and below eye (rarely fifth on one side, n = 2/7); one or two post-supralabials; seven supraciliaries (rarely six on one side, n = 1/7); a single slightly elongated nuchal on either side (rarely two on one side n = 1/7), in contact with each other behind parietal or separated by one or two scales; 62–67 scales in paravertebral rows; 28–30 scales around mid-body; 64–66 ventral scales (rarely 73, n = 1/7); eight enlarged precloacal scales (rarely 10, n = 1/7); scales on lateral sides of tail base smooth, 18 or 19 scales around the tail. Subdigital lamellae unpaired, smooth; five or six lamellae under digit I of manus and pes (rarely four on one side on manus, n = 1/7); 10 or 11 lamellae under digit IV of manus; and 13–15 under digit IV of pes (rarely 12 on one side, n = 1/7). Dorsum coconut brown; thick stripe from rostrum to tail speckled with light spots; supralabials with white streak; males with yellow on lower parts of forebody and flanks; venter glossy grey-white with darker markings. (Agarwal et al. 2024).


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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
  • FREITAS, ELYSE S.; ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, PRAVEEN KARANTH, L. LEE GRISMER and CAMERON D. SILER 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 1976. Records of the reptiles of Goa. Records Zool. Survey India 71 (1975): 149-167. - 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
 
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