Eutropis gansi
Eutropis gansi, also known as Gans's mabuya and Gans's grass skink , is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India.[1][2]
| Eutropis gansi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eutropis |
| Species: | E. gansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eutropis gansi (Das, 1991) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009).[3]
Geographic range
E. gansi is found in southern India (Kalakkad forest, Tamil Nadu state).[1][2]
The type locality is "2 km NW of Muthalar Road Cross off Sengaltheri–Thalayanai road (towards Moolakasam), Kalakkad Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu State, India".[4]
References
- Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Eutropis gansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172627A1354981. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- Eutropis gansi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eutropis gansi, p. 97).
- Das, Indraneil (1991). "A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu state, southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 25 (3): 342–344. doi:10.2307/1564594. JSTOR 1564594. (Mabuya gansi, new species).
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