Eutropis dawsoni (ANNANDALE, 1909)
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Eutropis dawsoni
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Gans’ grass skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma dawsoni ANNANDALE 1909: 257 Mabuya gansi DAS 1991 Eutropis gansi — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Eutropis gansi — BATUWITA 2016 Eutropis dawsoni — GANESH et al. 2021 Eutropis gansi — LINDKEN et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | S India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Type locality: Maddathorai (= Madathara), Shashthamcottah and Tenmalai, Kerala gansi: Type locality: 2 km NW of Muthalar Road Cross off Sengaltheri-Thalayanai road (towards Moolakasam), Kalkkad Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu State, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Lectotype: ZSI 16170 and paralectotypes ZSI 16140, 16171 of Lygosoma dawsoni Annandale, 1909. Holotype: ZSI 24826 [gansi] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A relatively larger species of Eutropis (adult SVL 61 mm) from the Southern Western Ghats, characterised by: a fairly robust and cylindrical body with well-developed limbs; dorsal scales with 5-6 strong keels with 3 pointed spurs projecting behind; post-nasal absent; supra-nasals and pre-frontals separated; fronto-parietals are in contact with each other; inter-parietal completely separating parietals; one pair of broad nuchals; temporal scales with 3-4 keels; ear-hole as large as lateral scale with 3-4 short, pointed anterior lobules; lower eyelids scaly with a series of opaque scales; mid-ventrals: 39-45; 4th toe subdigital lamellae: 14-16; dorsum dark grey-brown without any spots; dark grey-brown lateral stripe extending from posterior corner of eye to a little behind hind limbs (Ganesh et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Synonymy: Eutropis dawsoni has been considered a synonym of Eutropis (or Mabuya) macularia at least since Smith 1935, but revalidated by Ganesh et al. 2021. See also Eutropis macularia. |
| Etymology | E. dawsoni was named after Lieut.-Col. F.W. Dawson, the then Director of Trivandrum Museum, with whom Annandale conducted the expedition on which he found this species. E. gansi was named after Carl Gans (1923-2009), German-born American herpetologist. See Adler et al. 2010 for obituaries. |
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