Eutropis tytleri (THEOBALD, 1868)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tytler's Mabuya
Synonym	Scincus tytleri THEOBALD 1868: 23 Mabuia tytleri — BOULENGER 1887: 187 Mabuya tytleri — SMITH 1935: 270 Mabuya tytleri — GREER et al. 2000 Eutropis tytleri — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003 Eutropis tytleri — CHANDRAMOULI & AMARASINGHE 2020
Distribution	India (Andaman Islands) Type locality: Andamans
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZSI 2273
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large species of Eutropis from the Andaman Islands, SVL 125.0–153.7 mm; tail long, about 1.5–2.2 times as long as the body; prefrontals and supranasals in contact with each other; temporals smooth; nuchals in a single pair; tympanic opening relatively large; as large as an adjacent lateral scale, lacking visible auricular lobules; 24–30 midbody scale rows; 40–43 paravertebrals; dorsals tricarinate; anterior genials in contact; posterior genials separated by a single scale; cheeks swollen in adult males; 50–53 ventrals; 27–30 subdigital lamellae on toe IV; dorsum uniform bronze brown with a greenish yellow venter (CHANDRAMOULI & AMARASINGHE 2020: 32).
Comment	Similar species: E. andamanensis.
Etymology	Named after Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler, probably the collector of the types.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here CHANDRAMOULI, S. 2022. On the genetic identity of Eutropis tytleri (Theobald, 1868) and E. andamanensis (Smith, 1935)(Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 5195 (4): 393-394 - get paper here Chandramouli, S.R. & A.A.T. Amarasinghe 2020. On two poorly known, insular skinks, Eutropis tytleri (Theobald, 1868) and E. andamanensis (Smith, 1935) (Reptilia: Scincidae), endemic to the Andaman Islands, India. TAPROBANICA 9 (1): 31-38 - get paper here Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. Greer, A.E., Arnold, C. & Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (1): 121-126 - get paper here 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 Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Theobald, WILLIAM 1868. Catalogue of reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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