Eutropis Allapallensis
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''Eutropis allapallensis'', the Allapalli grass skink or Schmidt's mabuya, is a species of
skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
endemic to India.


Distribution

''Eutropis allapallensis'' is widely distributed in central and peninsular India. Its type locality is Allapalli Forest near Chanda.


Habitat

This species occurs in tropical dry and moist deciduous and open scrub forests. It can also be found near human habitations and in arable land. It is locally abundant throughout its range.


See also

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References


Further reading

* Vyas, R. 2004 First record of ''Mabuya allapallensis'' from Gujarat State, India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 136–138 * Das I. 1991 A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342–344. * Schmidt, K.P. 1926 Amphibians and Reptiles of the James Simpson-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 12: 167–173 * Thomas, J., P. S. Easa & S. Jahas. 1998 ''Mabuya allapallensis'' Schmidt A new record for Kerala. Cobra 31: 16–18. Eutropis Lizards of India Endemic fauna of India Reptiles described in 1926 Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt {{skink-stub