Eutropis longicaudata

Eutropis longicaudata
A female E. longicaudata defending her offspring against an egg-eating snake.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species: E. longicaudata
Binomial name
Eutropis longicaudata
(Hallowell, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Mabuia siamensis - Boulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatus - W. Peters 1867: 22
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) Ruhstrati - Fischer 1886: 7
  • Mabuia longicaudata - Boulenger 1887: 188
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Stejneger 1907: 214
  • Mabuya longicaudata - M.A. Smith 1935: 270
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Taylor 1963: 944
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 268
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Cox et al. 1998: 111
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Greer & Nussbaum 2000: 616
  • Eutropis longicaudata - Mausfeld et al. 2002
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Ziegler 2002: 193
  • Mabuya longicauda [sic] - Das & Yaakob 2007
  • Mabuya longicaudata - Bobrov & Semenov 2008
  • Eutropis longicaudata - Grismer 2011
  • Eutropis longicaudatus - Hecht et al. 2013

Longtail Mabuya or Long-tailed Sun Skink is a species of skink.[1][2] It is found in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and possibly in Cambodia.[1][3] Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes.[4]


References

  1. 1 2 3 Eutropis longicaudata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Eutropis longicaudata". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Species of Erawan National Park". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Pike, David A.; Clark, Rulon W.; Manica, Andrea; Tseng, Hui-Yun; Hsu, Jung-Ya; Huang, Wen-San (2016). "Surf and turf: predation by egg-eating snakes has led to the evolution of parental care in a terrestrial lizard". Scientific Reports. 6: 22207. doi:10.1038/srep22207.

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