Eumeces cholistanensis MASROOR, 2009
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Eumeces cholistanensis MASROOR 2009 Novoeumeces cholistanensis — KHAN 2017 |
| Distribution | Pakistan (Punjab: Cholistan Desert, Bahawalpur district) Type locality: at Baghdad-i-Jadeed Campus, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab province, Pakistan (29º22΄43˝ N, 71º46΄10˝ E), at an elevation of about 93 m, by Mr. Sarwar on January 04, 2002. |
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| Types | Holotype: PMNH (Pakistan Museum of Natural History) 984 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large-sized skink, with a dorsal pattern of seven dark brown stripes separated by alternating light narrower stripes, extending on to the tail; nasal scale chiefly contacting the first supralabial while slightly touching the second; no postnasal; Interparietal and frontal of the same shape, the length of former more than half the length of latter; two azygous postmentals; 54–57 scales in paired middorsal row of wider scales; 64–67 scales from postmental to anal scale; posterior loreal and presubocular longer than deep; no intercalary scales between subdigital lamellae. |
| Comment | Habitat: sandy areas with sparse vegetation. Sympatry: sympatric with the much more common Eurylepis taeniolatus. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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