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Taxonomy and predicted distribution of a rare Indian skink, Eutropis innotata (Blanford, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with the redescription of its holotype.
Zootaxa - 8 Jun 2021
Amarasinghe A A Thasun, Ganesh S R, Patel Harshil, Deuti Kaushik, Campbell Patrick D, Palot M Jafer, Karunarathna Suranjan, Abinawanto A, Supriatna Jatna
Abstract excerpt
We examined the holotype of Euprepes innotatus Blanford, 1870 which was presented to the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) by Blanford himself, and is redescribed herein. Based on the morphological similarity, we placed Eutropis innotata within the E. carinata group (contra Blanford, 1870), as it is closely allied to E. dissimilis and E. carinata in morphological and morphometric traits. Based on the current...
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