Dravidoseps

Dravidoseps
Dravidoseps goaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Dravidoseps
Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray & Akshay Khandekar, 2024

Dravidoseps is a genus of skinks, found in southern India. They were all previously placed in the genera Subdoluseps and Riopa.[1][2]

Species

The genus is made up of the following species:[1]

  • Dravidoseps gingeeensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
  • Dravidoseps goaensis (Sharma, 1976) - Goan supple skink
  • Dravidoseps jawadhuensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
  • Dravidoseps kalakadensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
  • Dravidoseps nilgiriensis Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy, 2021 - Nilgiri gracile skink
  • Dravidoseps pruthi (Sharma, 1976) - Pruthi's supple skink
  • Dravidoseps srivilliputhurensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
  • Dravidoseps tamilnaduensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024

References

  1. 1 2 Agarwal, Ishan; Thackeray, Tejas; Khandekar, Akshay (2024). "A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species". Vertebrate Zoology. 74: 23–83. doi:10.3897/vz.74.e110674.
  2. ↑ "Researches discover 5 new species of reptiles that give birth to their young ones".