Eutropis longicaudata

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]

Eutropis longicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. longicaudata
Binomial name
Eutropis longicaudata
(Hallowell, 1857)[2]
Synonyms
  • Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Mabuia siamensisBoulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatusW. Peters 1867: 22
  • Euprepes (Tiliqua) RuhstratiFischer 1886: 7
  • Mabuia longicaudataBoulenger 1887: 188
  • Mabuya longicaudataStejneger 1907: 214
  • Mabuya longicaudataM.A. Smith 1935: 270
  • Mabuya longicaudataTaylor 1963: 944
  • Mabuya longicaudataManthey & Grossmann 1997: 268
  • Mabuya longicaudataCox et al. 1998: 111
  • Mabuya longicaudataGreer & Nussbaum 2000: 616
  • Eutropis longicaudataMausfeld et al. 2002
  • Mabuya longicaudataZiegler 2002: 193
  • Mabuya longicauda [sic]Das & Yaakob 2007
  • Mabuya longicaudataBobrov & Semenov 2008
  • Eutropis longicaudataGrismer 2011
  • Eutropis longicaudatusHecht et al. 2013

Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes.[5]

References

  1. Grismer, L., Quah, E., Neang, T., Stuart, B., Shang, G. & Yang, J. 2019. Eutropis longicaudata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T102345774A102345849. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102345774A102345849.en. Downloaded on 13 April 2020.
  2. 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.


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