| Eutropis cumingi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eutropis |
| Species: | E. cumingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eutropis cumingi (W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Eutropis cumingi, also known commonly as Cuming's eared skink, Cuming's mabouya, and Cuming's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [2]
The specific name, cumingi, is in honor of English naturalist, Hugh Cuming, who collected the holotype. [2] [3]
E. cumingi is found in the northern parts of the Philippines (Luzon, Calayan, Camiguin, and Lubang) [1] as well as in Orchid Island southeast of Taiwan. [1] [4]
The preferred natural habitats of E. cumingi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft). [1]
E. cumingi preys upon cockroaches and other insects. [1]
Chioninia coctei was a species of lizard that was at one time known to inhabit the islets of Branco and Raso in the Cape Verde islands of the Atlantic Ocean, islets rendered deserts by human-caused habitat destruction. None has been observed since the early 20th century, and the species was officially declared extinct in 2013.
Eutropis bibronii, also known commonly as Bibron's mabuya, Bibron's skink, and the seashore skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to India and Sri Lanka.
Eutropis dawsoni, also known as Gans's mabuya and Gans's grass skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India.
Eutropis multifasciata, commonly known as the East Indian brown mabuya, many-lined sun skink, many-striped skink, common sun skink or (ambiguously) as golden skink, is a species of skink.
The rough mabuya or brown mabuya is a species of skink. It is found in the Maritime Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine Islands, Sulu Islands, as well as on the Nicobar islands of India.
Eutropis tytleri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Andaman Islands, India.
Eutropis is a genus of skinks belonging to the subfamily Mabuyinae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya; it contains the Asian mabuyas. They often share their habitat with the related common skinks (Sphenomorphus), but they do not compete significantly as their ecological niches differ. This genus also contains the only member of the subfamily to occur in Australasia, the many-lined sun skink, whose wide range includes New Guinea.
The yellow-headed water monitor, also commonly known as Cuming's water monitor, the Mindanao water monitor, and the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. It thrives in mangrove, forest and water margins in tropical refuges, where it feeds on birds, fishes, mammals, and carrion.
Otosaurus cumingii, commonly called Cuming's sphenomorphus or the Luzon giant forest skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Lipinia pulchella, known commonly as the yellow-striped slender tree skink or beautiful lipinia, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Chioninia delalandii is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.
Chioninia vaillantii, also known commonly as Vaillant's mabuya or Vaillant's skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. There are two recognized subspecies.
Luperosaurus cumingii, also known commonly as Cuming's flapped-legged gecko and the Philippine wolf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Luzon in the Philippines.
Horton's mabuya is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Trachylepis dumasi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Trachylepis nancycoutuae, also known commonly as Nancy Coutu's mabuya and Nancy Coutu's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
The Aurora mountain skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Pinoyscincus abdictus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.
The Leyte sphenomorphus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
The Mindanao sphenomorphus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
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