Biology:Eutropis vertebralis

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Short description: Species of lizard

Eutropis vertebralis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. vertebralis
Binomial name
Eutropis vertebralis
(Boulenger, 1887)

Eutropis vertebralis is a species of skink found in India .[1] It is distinguishable by its white stripes with black edges, as well as by lacking a transparent disc on its lower eyelid.[2]

References

  1. Eutropis vertebralis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 August 2020.
  2. Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; Ganesh, S.R.; Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Campbell, Patrick D.; Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Schweiger, Silke; Kupfer, Alexander; Patel, Harshil et al. (January 2022). "The delusion of stripes: A century-old mystery of five-lined sun skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae: Eutropis) of Peninsular India elucidated". Zoologischer Anzeiger 296: 71–90. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2021.11.004. 

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