Lygosoma pruthi

Lygosoma pruthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: L. pruthi
Binomial name
Lygosoma pruthi
(Sharma, 1977)
Synonyms[1]
  • Riopa pruthi
    Sharma, 1977
  • Lygosoma pruthi
    — Das, 1996

Lygosoma pruthi is a species of skink endemic to South India.

Etymology

The specific name, pruthi, is in honor of Indian entomologist Hem Singh Pruthi (1897–1969).[2]

Geographic range

L. pruthi is found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lygosoma pruthi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygosoma pruthi, p. 212).

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