Eutropis trivittata

Indian three-banded Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species: E. trivittata
Binomial name
Eutropis trivittata
(Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
Synonyms

Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)

Indian three-banded Skink Eutropis trivittata is a species of skink found in India.

Description

Supranasals in contact with one another; fronto-nasal broader than long; prefrontantal in contact with one another; a pair of nuchal present or absent. No postnasal, anterior loreal higher than long. Half as long as the posterior; lower eyelid scaly; ear opening subcircular, smaller than a lateral scale with a short, pointed lobulous anteriorly. Dorsal and lateral scales subequal, with 5, sometime in adults 7, strong keels; 34 or 36 scales round the middle of the body. Digits moderately long, with smooth lamellae, 13 or 14 beneath the fourth toe; the hind-limb reaches to the wrist or the elbow. Palm of the heel and sole of the feet with enlarged sub conical tubercles intermixed with much smaller one.[1]

Distribution

Central and western India (Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar).

References

  1. ↑ Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.

1. Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.

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