Scincella beddomei

Scincella beddomei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Scincella
Species: S. beddomei
Binomial name
Scincella beddomei
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma beddomii Boulenger, 1887
  • Leiolopisma beddomei
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Scincella beddomi
    — Greer, 1974
  • Kaestlea beddomi
    — Eremchenko & Das, 2004[1]

Scincella beddomei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to southwestern India.

Etymology

The specific name, beddomi (also spelled beddomii or beddomei ), is in honor of Richard Henry Beddome, British military officer and naturalist.[2]

Geographic range

S. beddomei is found in India in the Nilgiri Hills and the Travancore Hills.

References

  1. ↑ "Keastlea beddomei ". 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. (Scincella beddomi, p. 21).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropsidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamaeleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. ("Lygosoma beddomii ", new species, p. 261 + Plate XVIII, Figure 3).
  • Eremchenko VK, Das I (2004). "Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India". Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 43-50.
  • Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian J. Zool. (Suppl.) 31: 1-67.
  • 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. (Leiolopisma beddomei, p. 305).


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