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

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Caraga Sun Skink 
SynonymEutropis caraga BARLEY, DIESMOS, SILER, MARTINEZ & BROWN 2020
Mabuya multicarinata — TAYLOR 1918: 247 [in part, misidentification].
Mabuya multicarinata multicarinata — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 126 [in part, misidentification]
Eutropis multicarinata multicarinata — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003: 168 [by implication]
Eutropis Clade E — BARLEY et al. 2013: 3563
Eutropis caraga — BARLEY et al. 2021 
DistributionPhilippines (Mindanao, Bohol, Dinagat, Samar, Siargao)

Type locality: Mount Lumot at 410 m, Municipality of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines (8.72168N, 125.07948E; datum 1⁄4 WGS84  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: PNM 9845, Female, formerly KU 334226), collected by R.M. Brown, 13 July 2012.
Paratypes: KU 334225, 334227– 334229, collected by RMB, M.B. Sanguila, and V. Yngente 16 July 2012, bearing the same locality data as the holotype; KU 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Eutropis distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) body medium-sized (SVL 64–84 mm in adults); (2) interparietal long, narrow, separating parietals; (3) paravertebrals 37–43; (4) sum of subdigital lamellae on all five toes of one foot 80–91; (5) ventral scale rows 26–30; (6) midbody scale rows 27–34; (7) keels on dorsal and lateral body scales moderately defined, 5–10 per scale; (8) lower eyelid scaly; (9) supraciliaries 6 or 7; (10) prefrontals separated; (11) primary temporal scales two; (12) dorsal and lateral body surface with relatively uniform bronze and dark brown coloration, respectively, without pronounced light stripes (Fig. 7).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe new name caraga is a feminine noun in apposition derived from the Caraga Region of northeastern Mindanao Island and the immediate offshore islands of Dinagat and Siargao, which includes the type locality. 
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
  • Brown, WC. & A.C. ALCALA 1980. Philippine Lizards of the family Scincidae. Silliman Univ. Nat. Sci., Dumaguete City, Mon., Ser. 2: i-xi + 1-246.
  • MAUSFELD, Patrick & Andreas SCHMITZ 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 3: 161–171 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1918. Reptiles of Sulu Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science 13 (5d): 233-267 - get paper here
  • Tilan, J. E. 2024. Diversity and Conservation Status of Reptiles in Aliwagwag Protected Landscape: Basis for Localized Instructional Material Development. MIJRD 3 (4): 1-14 - get paper here
  • Venturina, R. E. L., Diesmos, M. L. L., Maglangit, E. P. T., del Prado, Y. L. C., Ordas, J. A. D., Fernandez, J. B., ... & Diesmos, A. C. 2023. Herpetofauna of Mount Capistrano, a Fragmented Limestone Karst Forest in Central Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 152(6A), 2031-2048
 
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