Kaestlea beddomii

Kaestlea beddomii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Kaestlea
Species:	K. beddomii
Binomial name
Kaestlea beddomii (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms [2]
Lygosoma beddomii Boulenger, 1887 Leiolopisma beddomei — M.A. Smith, 1935 Scincella beddomi — Greer, 1974 Kaestlea beddomii — Eremchenko & Das, 2004

Kaestlea beddomii, also known as Beddome's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. ^[1]

Etymology

K. beddomii is named after Richard Henry Beddome, a British army officer and botanist. ^[3]

Distribution and habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Kaestlea beddomii is forest at elevations of 700–2,000 m (2,300–6,600 ft). ^[1]

References

1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Kaestlea beddomii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T172686A1366953. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172686A1366953.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Kaestlea beddomii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 June 2020.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). "Scincella beddomii". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 21. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Boulenger, G.A. (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). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma beddomii, new species, p. 261 + Plate XVIII, figures 3 & 3a).
• Boulenger, G.A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Lygosona beddomii, pp. 203–204).
• Eremchenko, V.K.; Das, I. (2004). "Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India". Hamadryad. 28 (1 & 2): 43–50.
• Greer, A.E. [in French] (1974). "The generic relationships of the lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series. 31: 1–67.
• Smith, M.A. (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. ("Lygosoma beddomei [sic]", p. 305).
• Venugopal, P.D. (2010). "An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (3): 725–738. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o2083.725-38 . S2CID   86308831.