Eutropis dawsoni

Eutropis dawsoni, also known as Gans's mabuya and Gans's grass skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India.[1][2]

Eutropis dawsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. dawsoni
Binomial name
Eutropis dawsoni
(Annandale, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma dawsoni Annandale, 1909
  • Mabuya gansi
    Das, 1991
  • Eutropis gansi
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Geographic range

E. dawsoni is found in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, southern India.[2]

The type locality of the formerly recognized Eutropis gansi 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
  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Eutropis gansi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172627A1354981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172627A1354981.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Eutropis dawsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2021.
  3. Das, Indraneil (1991). "A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu state, southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 25 (3): 342–344. doi:10.2307/1564594. JSTOR 1564594. (Mabuya gansi, new species).


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