Eutropis longicaudata

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Eutropis longicaudata
Long-tailed Skink (Mabuya longicaudata) Chang Wei Nan Xi 2.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Mabuyidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. longicaudata
Binomial name
Eutropis longicaudata
(Hallowell, 1857) [2]
Synonyms
  • Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Mabuia siamensis – Boulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatus – W. Peters 1867: 22
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) Ruhstrati – Fischer 1886: 7
  • Mabuia longicaudata – Boulenger 1887: 188
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Stejneger 1907: 214
  • Mabuya longicaudata – M.A. Smith 1935: 270
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Taylor 1963: 944
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 268
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Cox et al. 1998: 111
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Greer & Nussbaum 2000: 616
  • Eutropis longicaudata – Mausfeld et al. 2002
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Ziegler 2002: 193
  • Mabuya longicauda [sic] – Das & Yaakob 2007
  • Mabuya longicaudata – Bobrov & Semenov 2008
  • Eutropis longicaudata – Grismer 2011
  • Eutropis longicaudatus – Hecht et al. 2013

Eutropis longicaudata, the longtail mabuya or long-tailed sun skink, is a species of skink. [1] [2] [3] It is found in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Peninsular Malaysia. [1] [2] [4]

Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes. [5] Though some females are documented, to eat their clutch of eggs, when continually threatened by predators especially when threatened by O. formosanus. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Grismer, L.; Quah, E.; Neang, T.; Stuart, B.L.; Shang, G.; Yang, J. (2019). "Eutropis longicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T102345774A102345849. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102345774A102345849.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Eutropis longicaudata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eutropis longicaudata". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Species of Erawan National Park". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Pike, David A.; Clark, Rulon W.; Manica, Andrea; Tseng, Hui-Yun; Hsu, Jung-Ya & Huang, Wen-San (2016). "Surf and turf: predation by egg-eating snakes has led to the evolution of parental care in a terrestrial lizard". Scientific Reports. 6 22207. Bibcode:2016NatSR...622207P. doi:10.1038/srep22207. PMC   4768160 . PMID   26915464.
  6. ↑ Wen-San Huang, Predation risk of whole-clutch filial cannibalism in a tropical skink with maternal care, Behavioral Ecology, Volume 19, Issue 6, November-December 2008, Pages 1069–1074, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn109



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