Biology:Eutropis englei
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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. englei
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| Eutropis englei (Taylor, 1925)
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Eutropis englei, also known commonly as Engel's mabuya and the six-striped mabouya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines .[1]
Etymology
The specific name, englei, is in honor of Captain Francis G. Engle (1888–1974) of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. englei is low vegetation near mouths of streams and along beaches.[3]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of E. englei is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eutropis englei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ↑ 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 englei, p. 84).
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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 englei, p. 120).
- Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Freder C (2002). "Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Francisco de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 281–293. (Eutropis englei, new combination).
- Taylor EH (1925). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippines, IV". Philippine Journal of Science 26: 97–111. (Mabuya englei, new species, pp. 101–102).
Wikidata ☰ Q3061178 entry
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