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Kaestlea laterimaculata (BOULENGER, 1887)

IUCN Red List - Kaestlea laterimaculata - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Side-spotted skink 
SynonymLygosoma laterimaculatum BOULENGER 1887: 260
Leiolopisma laterimaculatum — SMITH 1935: 305
Leiolopisma laterimaculatum — SMITH 1937: 223
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) bilineatum laterimaculatum — CONSTABLE 1949
Scincella laterimaculata — GREER 1974
Kaestlea laterimaculata — EREMCHENKO & DAS 2004 
DistributionSW India (Tinnevelly District; Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu; Kerala: Travancore).

Type locality: top of Sivagherry Ghat (lectotype locality)  
Reproduction 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.54, designated by Eremchenko & Das (2004). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Differs from the last species as follows: subdigital scales in a single row on fingers and less than half on toes; greater number of scales round middle of neck (33-36/mean 34.7), midbody scales rows (25-26/25.8) and greater number of lamellae under toe IV (19-22/ 20.5; 20-25, according to Smith, 1935); and from Kaestlea palnica and K. travacorica, in showing paired frontoparietals. (Eremchenko & Das 2004)


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CommentSynonyms partly that of Ouboter (1986). Kaestlea laterimaculata has been previously synonymized with Mocoa (now: Kastlea) travancorica. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin lateris, side; flank, and Latin macula = spot, for the spotted-side flanks. 
References
  • Boettger, O. 1892. Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien. Ber. Tät. Offenb. Ver. Nat., Offenbach, 29 - 32: 65 - 164 - 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
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Eremchenko, V. K & I. Das 2004. Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 43-50 - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S.R.; S. Bhupathy, P. Karthik, G. Babu Rao & S. Babu 2020. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India. JoTT 12 (9): 16123–16135 - get paper here
  • Ouboter P E 1986. A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution. Zoologische Verhandelingen (229): 1-66 - get paper here
  • Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - 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.
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • 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
 
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