Dravidoseps

Dravidoseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae
Genus:	Dravidoseps ; Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray & Akshay Khandekar, 2024

Last updated August 09, 2025

Dravidoseps is a genus of skinks, found in Southern India. They were all previously found in the genera Subdoluseps & Riopa .^[1]^[2]

Species

The genus is made up of the following species:

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

References

↑ 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 .
↑ "Researches discover 5 new species of reptiles that give birth to their young ones".

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[1] 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".

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