Lygosoma pruthi

Lygosoma pruthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Lygosoma
Species: L. pruthi
Binomial name
Lygosoma pruthi
(Sharma, 1977)
Synonyms[1]
  • Riopa pruthi
    Sharma, 1977
  • Lygosoma pruthi
    — Das, 1996

Lygosoma pruthi is a species of skink endemic to South India.

Etymology

The specific name, pruthi, is in honor of Indian entomologist Hem Singh Pruthi (1897–1969).[2]

Geographic range

L. pruthi is found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lygosoma pruthi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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. (Lygosoma pruthi, p. 212).

Further reading

  • Sharma RC (1977). "A new lizard of the genus Riopa Gray (Scincidae) from Tamil Nadu, India". Records of the Zoological Survey of India 73 (1-4): 41-42. (Riopa pruthi, new species).


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