Eutropis englei

Eutropis englei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. englei
Binomial name
Eutropis englei (Taylor, 1925)
Synonyms [2]
Mabuya englei Taylor, 1925 Eutropis englei — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Eutropis englei, also known commonly as Engel's mabuya and the six-striped mabouya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, englei, is in honor of Captain Francis G. Engle (1888–1974) of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. englei is low vegetation near mouths of streams and along beaches. ^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of E. englei is unknown. ^[2]

References

1. Pitogo, K. (2022). "Eutropis englei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T169879A185490604. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. Eutropis englei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya englei, p. 84).

Further reading

• Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (Mabuya englei, p. 120).
• Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Freder C (2002). "Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Francisco de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger241: 281–293. (Eutropis englei, new combination).
• Taylor EH (1925). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippines, IV". Philippine Journal of Science26: 97–111. (Mabuya englei, new species, pp. 101–102).