Spotted Eastern Ghats skink
The spotted Eastern Ghats skink (Sepsophis punctatus) is a species of skink. It endemic to India and known from its type locality in Andhra Pradesh (Darakondah, Golconda Hills, then Madras Presidency) and from Odissa.[2] It is monotypic in the genus Sepsophis.
| Spotted Eastern Ghats skink | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sepsophis Beddome, 1870 |
| Species: | S. punctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepsophis punctatus | |
References
- Beddome, R. H. (1870). "Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science. 2: 169–176. (Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327-334, 1940)
- Sepsophis punctatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2018.
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