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Eutropis allapallensis (SCHMIDT, 1926)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Allapalli Grass Skink 
SynonymMabuya allapallensis SCHMIDT 1926: 170
Mabuya allapallensis — SMITH 1935: 264
Mabuya allapallensis — SHARMA 1976: 156
Mabuya allapallensis — DAS 1996: 46
Eutropis allapallensis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Mabuya allapallensis — VYAS 2007
Eutropis allapallensis — DATTA-ROY et al. 2012
Mabuya allapallensis — PATANKAR et al. 2014
Eutropis allapallensis — GANESH & ARUMUGAM 2016 
DistributionIndia (Kerala, Gujarat, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra)

Type locality: Allapalli Forest, nr. Chanda, Central Provinces  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 8648 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (allapallensis): frontoparietals fused; prefrontals not in contact; temporal scales smooth; preanals not enlarged; and gular regions not flame scarlet (from DAS et al. 2008). 
CommentSynonymy partly after SMITH 1935. Mabuya allapallensis has been treated as a synonym of Mabuya macularis (Blyth, 1853) by Smith (1935). Sharma (1976) and Das (1991) considered it valid but Mirza et al. (2010) synonymized it again with E. macularia while GANESH & ARUMUGAM 2016 consider it as valid.

Habitat: E. allapallensis is a hill species, while E. macularia is rarely found in hill forests, being a widespread human-commensally plains species. 
EtymologyMabuya allapallensis was named after its type locality. 
References
  • Ardesana, R., B. Trivedi, R. Jadav, R. Jhala, P. Joshi, M. Bharad & J. Ardesana 2019. Lined Supple Skink: notes on Lygosoma lineata from Rajkot City, Gujarat, India. Zoo’s Print 34 (3): 15-18 - get paper here
  • Das I. 1991. A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342-344. - get paper here
  • Das,I. 1996. Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida
  • Datta-Roy, Aniruddha; Mewa Singh, C. Srinivasulu, K. Praveen Karanth 2012. Phylogeny of the Asian Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) reveals an ‘into India’ endemic Indian radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 817–824 - get paper here
  • Ganesh S.R., Bubesh Guptha 2021. Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India. Journal of Animal Diversity 3 (3): 18-44 - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S. R.; M. Arumugam 2016. Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russ. J. Herpetol. 23 (1): 7-24 - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S.R.; A. Kalaimani, P. Karthik, N. Baskaran, R. Nagarajan & S.R.Chandramouli 2018. Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India – II From Western Ghats to Coromandel Coast. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, July 2018. Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 28-45 - get paper here
  • Mausfeld,P.; Vences, M. Schmitz, A. & Veith, M. 2000. First data on the molecular phylogeography of scincid lizards of the genus Mabuya. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 17 (1): 11-14 - get paper here
  • Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Rajesh V. Sanap, and Raman Upadhaye 2010. COMMENTS ON THE SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF Eutropis allapallensis SCHMIDT, 1926 (SAURIA: SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE). Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (4): 245 – 246 - get paper here
  • Patankar, P.; Singh, A.P.; Desai, I. & Suresh, B. 2014. SPECIES RICHNESS OF SAURIA IN GUJARAT WITH A TAXONOMIC KEY TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR FAMILIES AND SPECIES. Electronic Journal of Environmental Sciences 7: 27-36 - get paper here
  • Patel, H. & Naik, V. 2017. Eutropis allapallensis (Allapalli Grass Skink) Cloacal prolapse. Herpetological Review 48 (4): 846-847 - get paper here
  • Patel, Harshil; and Raju Vyas 2019. Reptiles of Gujarat, India: Updated Checklist, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Herpetology Notes 12: 765-777 - get paper here
  • Patel, Harshil; Raju Vyas, Vaibhav Naik, Bhautik Dudhatra & Shantilal K. Tank 2018. Herpetofauna of the Northern Western Ghats of Gujarat, India. Zoology and Ecology, DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2018.1499237 - get paper here
  • Schmidt,K.P. 1926. Amphibians and Reptiles of the James Simpson-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 12: 167-173 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 1976. Records of the reptiles of Goa. Records Zool. Survey India 71 (1975): 149-167. - 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.
  • Vyas, R. 2004. First record of Mabuya allapallensis from Gujarat State, India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 129- - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2007. Present conservation scenario of reptile fauna in Gujarat State, India. Indian Forester, Oct 2007: 1381-1394 - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2007. Herptofauna of Puma Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. Reptile Rap (8): 10-15 - get paper here
 
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