Ristella rurkii

Ristella rurkii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Ristella
Species: R. rurkii
Binomial name
Ristella rurkii
Gray, 1839
Synonyms
  • Ristella rurkii
    Gray, 1839
  • Ateuchosaurus travancoricus
    Beddome, 1870 (part)
  • Ristella malabarica
    Stoliczka, 1871
  • Ristella rurki [sic]
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Ristella rurkii
    — Das, 1996[2]

Ristella rurkii, commonly known as Rurk's ristella, is a species of skink endemic to southern India.

Etymology

The specific name, rurkii, is in honor of "Dr. Rurk" who collected the type specimen.[3]

Geographic range

R. rurkii is found in India, in the Anaimalai Hills, Travancore, and the Palni Hills.

References

  1. ↑ Srinivasulu B, Srinivasulu C (2013). "Ristella rurkii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T174133A1413468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T174133A1413468.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ristella rurkii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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. (Ristella rurkii, p. 229).

Further reading

  • Beddome RH (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35. (Ateuchosaurus travancoricus, new species, p. 33).
  • 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. (Ristella rurkii, pp. 357–358 + Plate XXIX, figures 1, 1a).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ristella rurkii, pp. 215–216, Figure 57).
  • Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 2: 331-337. (Ristella rurkii, new species, p. 333).
  • 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. ("Ristella rurki [sic]", p. 331).
  • Stoliczka F (1871). "Notes on new or little-known Indian Lizards". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal (Calcutta) 1871: 192-195. (Ristella malabarica, new species, p. 195).


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