Biology:Scincella beddomei
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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: | Scincella |
| Species: | S. beddomei
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| Scincella beddomei (Boulenger, 1887)
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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
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).
Wikidata ☰ Q4844584 entry
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