Eutropis

Eutropis
Eutropis macularia on a tree trunk, in Laos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Mabuyinae
Genus: Eutropis
Fitzinger, 1843 [1]
Type species
Gongylus sebae
Species

48 sp., see text

Eutropis macularia, bronze grass skink, at Pocharam lake, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Eutropis is a genus of skinks belonging to the subfamily Mabuyinae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya; it contains the Asian mabuyas. They often share their habitat with the related common skinks (Sphenomorphus), but they do not compete significantly as their ecological niches differ.[2] This genus also contains the only member of the subfamily to occur in Australasia, the many-lined sun skink (Eutropis multifasciata), whose wide range includes New Guinea.[3]

  1. ^ a b Das, Indraneil [in French]; de Silva, Anslem; Austin, Christopher C. (2008). "A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1700: 35–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1700.1.3.
  2. ^ Cyberlizards (2004): The Scincidae – Eutropis. Version of February 29, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Eutropis multifasciata". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-04-30.