Eumeces blythianus

Eumeces blythianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eumeces
Species:	E. blythianus
Binomial name
	Eumeces blythianus; (Anderson, 1871)
Synonyms
	Mabouia blythiana; Anderson, 1871; Eumeces blythianus; — Boulenger, 1887; Novoeumeces blythianus; — Griffith et al., 2000; Eumeces schneideri blythianus; — Schmitz et al., 2004;

Last updated August 05, 2021

Eumeces blythianus, commonly known as Blyth's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to South Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, blythianus, is in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth (1810–1873), Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.^[2]

Geographic range

E. blythianus is found in Afghanistan, India (Punjab), and Pakistan.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of E. blythianus is unknown.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Species Eumeces blythianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).

Anderson J (1871). "On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma, Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia, Fitzinger". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal1871: 180–192. ("Mabouia Blythianus ", new species, pp. 186–188).
Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 385).
Finn F (1898). "Note on a specimen of the rare Scincoid Lizard Eumeces blythianus, (Anderson) from the Afridi Country; with exhibition of the type specimen". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal1898: 189.
Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". Hamadryad28 (1-2): 73–89. (Eumeces schneideri blythianus, p. 74).
Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Eumeces blythianus, pp. 340–341).
Taylor EH (1936) [1935]. "A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin23 (14): 1–643.

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 Species Eumeces blythianus at 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. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).

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