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Eutropis cuprea BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN, 2020

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Copper Sun Skink 
SynonymEutropis cuprea BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN 2020: 55
Eutropis Clade A — BARLEY et al. 2013: 3563
Eutropis cuprea — BARLEY et al. 2021 
DistributionPhilippines (SW Mindanao: South Cotobato)

Type locality: Barangay Tablu, Sitio Datal Mangisi, Municipality of Tampakan, South Cotobato Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: PNM 9868, Female, formerly KU 327372, collected by J.B. Fernandez, 17 August 2009.
Paratypes (paratopotypes).Two juveniles (KU 327370, 327371) bearing the same locality data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Eutropis distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) adult body mediumsized (one specimen measures 83 mm); (2) interparietal large, separating parietals; (3) paravertebrals 38; (4) sum of subdigital lamellae on all five toes of one foot 76–78; (5) ventral scale rows 27–30; (6) midbody scale rows 30–31; (7) keels on dorsal and lateral body scales moderately defined, 9–12; (8) lower eyelid scaly; (9) supraciliaries six; (10) prefrontals in contact or barely separated; (11) primary temporal scales one; (12) dorsal and lateral body surface having relatively uniform bronze and dark brown coloration, respectively, without pronounced light stripes.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe species name is a Latin adjective meaning ‘‘copper,’’ in reference to this species only being known from near Tampakan, Mindanao (which is the location of one of the largest copper deposits in the world), as well as the general copper coloration of the dorsum in species of the E. multicarinata complex, such as this one. 
References
  • Barley, A. J., Diesmos, A. C., Siler, C. D., Martinez, C. M. & Brown, R. M. 2020. Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species. Herpetol. Monogr. 34: 39–70
  • Barley, Anthony J.; JORDAN WHITE, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, RAFE M. BROWN 2013. THE CHALLENGE OF SPECIES DELIMITATION AT THE EXTREMES: DIVERSIFICATION WITHOUT MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE IN PHILIPPINE SUN SKINKS. Evolution, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12219 - get paper here
  • Barley, Anthony J.; Marites B. Sanguila and Rafe M. Brown 2021. A new species of Sun Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) from the Zamboanga Peninsula, southwestern Mindanao Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 14 (2): 1-18; DOI: 10.26757/pjsb2020b14012 - get paper here
  • Pitogo, K. M. E., Saavedra, A. J. L., & Afuang, L. E. 2021. Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Busa, Sarangani Province: a Glimpse of the Herpetological Community of Southern Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 150(5), 1279-1306 - get paper here
 
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