Eutropis gansi

Eutropis gansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. gansi
Binomial name
	Eutropis gansi; (Das, 1991)
Synonyms[1]
	Mabuya gansi ; Das, 1991; Eutropis gansi ; — Mausfeld et al., 2002;

Eutropis gansi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans (1923–2009).^[2]

Geographic range

E. gansi is found in southern India (Kalakkad forest, Tamil Nadu state).

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".^[3]

References

↑ "Eutropis gansi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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 I (1991). "A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342-344. (Mabuya gansi, new species).

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[1] "Eutropis gansi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[2] 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).

[3] Das I (1991). "A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342-344. (Mabuya gansi, new species).