Dravidoseps kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR, 2024
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Dravidoseps kalakadensis?
Dravidoseps kalakadensis
We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: 
| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: KMTR leaf-litter skink |
| Synonym | Dravidoseps kalakadensis AGARWAL, THACKERAY & KHANDEKAR 2024: 62 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Wood House, Talayanai road, (8.52200°N, 77.50403°E; elevation ca. 200 m asl.), Kalakadu Reserve Forest, Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8275 (AK-R 984), adult male, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team, on 30th March 2022. Paratypes (n = 9). ZSI-R-28614 (AK-R 982), adult male, ZSI-R-28615 (AK-R 983) adult female, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8278 (AK-R 666), adult male, BNHS 2829 (AK-R 667), ZSI-R-28613 (AK-R 981), adult females, from below Sengaltheri (8.52824°N, 77.47968°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 4th May 2021; NRC-AA-8276 (AK-R 605), adult male, NRC-AA-8277 (AK-R 606), subadult, from Therku Viravallanur Reserve Forest (8.57553°N, 77.53916°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.) collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 5th May 2021; BNHS 2830 (AK-R 700), BNHS 2831 (AK-R 701), adult males from near Kodumudiyaru dam (8.43122°N, 77.52425°E; elevation ca. 400 m asl.), Thirukkurungudi Reserve Forest, collected by Akshay Khandekar, Swapnil Pawar and team on 8th May 2021; all from KMTR, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State, India. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A medium-sized skink snout to vent length up to 55.7 mm (n = 10). Six or seven supralabials and six infralabials up to angle of mouth; fourth supralabial elongate and below eye (rarely fifth on both sides, n = 1/10 or and fifth only on one side, n = 3/10); two post-supralabials (rarely single on one side, n = 2/10); seven supraciliaries; one elongated nuchal on either side (rarely two on one side, n = 2/10), in contact with each other behind parietal; 63–66 scales in paravertebral rows; 28 scales around mid-body; 64–71 ventral scales; eight enlarged precloacal scales; scales on lateral sides of tail base smooth, 18 or 19 scales around the tail. Subdigital lamellae unpaired, smooth on manus and smooth to weakly keeled on pes; five lamellae under digit I of manus (rarely four on one of the side, n = 1/10); five or six under digit I of pes; 10 or 11 lamellae under digit IV of manus (rarely nine on one of the side, n = 1/10); and 14–16 under digit IV of pes. Dorsum coconut brown with black markings; thick brown stripe from rostrum to tail speckled with light spots; supralabials with white streak; males with yellow on lower parts of forebody and flanks extending onto belly; venter glossy grey-white without darker markings. (Agarwal et al. 2024) Additional details (2540 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Kalakad in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu State, the type locality of the new species. |
| References |
|
| External links |