Eumeces blythianus
| Eumeces blythianus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eumeces |
| Species: | E. blythianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eumeces blythianus (Anderson, 1871)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Eumeces blythianus, commonly known as Blyth's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to South Asia.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, blythianus, is in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth (1810–1873), Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
E. blythianus is found in Afghanistan, India (Punjab), and Pakistan.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
The mode of reproduction of E. blythianus is unknown.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Species Eumeces blythianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).
Further reading[edit]
- Anderson J (1871). "On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma, Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia, Fitzinger". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1871: 180–192. ("Mabouia Blythianus ", new species, pp. 186–188).
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 385).
- Finn F (1898). "Note on a specimen of the rare Scincoid Lizard Eumeces blythianus, (Anderson) from the Afridi Country; with exhibition of the type specimen". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1898: 189.
- Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73–89. (Eumeces schneideri blythianus, p. 74).
- Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Eumeces blythianus, pp. 340–341).
- Taylor EH (1936) [1935]. "A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 23 (14): 1–643.
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