Kaestlea palnica (BOETTGER, 1892)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) travancoricum var. palnica BOETTGER 1892: 72 Leiolopisma palnicum — SMITH 1935: 305 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) palnicum — SMITH 1937: 225 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) palnicum [BOETTGER] — SMITH 1937: 225 Kaestlea palnica — EREMCHENKO & DAS 2004
Distribution	SW India (Palni Hills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Kerala); elevation up to 2134 m. Type locality: “Kodaikanal in den Palni Hills”, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, SW India (10° 14’ N, 77° 29’ E).
Reproduction
Types	Lectotype: SMF 14657 (= 6261, 1b in Boettger, 1893; 6261, 2a in Mertens, 1922), Kodai-Kanal, Palni Hills, S India, collected T. Kolb, 1890, designated by Mertens, 1967. (Designation of BMNH 1946.8.16.53 as lectotype by Eremchenko & Das (2004) is invalid because a lectotype already exists in SMF.
Diagnosis
Comment	Ouboter (1986) considered S. palnica as a synonym of S. travancorica. Distribution not corrected for elevation to species status.
Etymology	Named after its type locality.
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 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 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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