Biology:Eutropis cumingi
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eutropis |
| Species: | E. cumingi
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| Eutropis cumingi (W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980)
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Eutropis cumingi, also known commonly as Cuming's eared skink, Cuming's mabouya, and Cuming's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines .[1]
Etymology
The specific name, cumingi, is in honor of English naturalist, Hugh Cuming, who collected the holotype.[1][2]
Geographic range
E. cumingi is found in the northern parts of the Philippines (Luzon, Calayan, Camiguin, and Lubang)[3] as well as in Orchid Island southeast of Taiwan.[3][4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of E. cumingi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft).[3]
Diet
E. cumingi preys upon cockroaches and other insects.[3]
Reproduction
E. cumingi is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eutropis cumingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 November 2020.
- ↑ 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. (Mabuya cumingi, p. 62).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ Li, Hsiang-Ying (n.d.). "Eutropis cumingi (Brown & Alcala, 1980)". in Shao, K.T.. Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=380629.
Further reading
- Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (Mabuya cumingi, new species, p. 117).
- Greer AE, Telford SR Jr (2004). "Some observations on the morphology and reproduction of the Philippine Islands skink Mabuya cumingi ". Hamadryad 29: 1–4.
- Ota H, Huang W-S (2000). "Mabuya cumingi (Reptilia: Scincidae): an addition to the herpetofauna of Lanyu Island, Taiwan". Current Herpetology 19 (2): 57–61.
Wikidata ☰ Q3061174 entry
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