''Eutropis bibronii'', also known
commonly as Bibron's mabuya, Bibron's skink, and the seashore skink, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is native to
India
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and
Sri Lanka
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.
Etymology
The specific name, ''bibronii'', is in honor of French
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herpetologist
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Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...
(1806–1848).
Description
The head of ''E. bibronii'' is somewhat flattened. The lower eyelid has a transparent disk. The scales on the dorsum and flanks are sharp, numbering 5–7. The scale rows at midbody number 28–30. There are 14–20 lamellae under the fourth toe. The dorsum is olive brown, with a light vertebral stripe which is dark-edged. A dark dorso-lateral stripe runs from the eye to the base of the tail.
Ecology
''E. bibronii'' occurs is a fossorial
A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees.
Prehistoric eviden ...
species that has been observed burrowing in low vegetation on sand dunes. It is typically a coastal lowland (less than above sea level
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The comb ...
) species, but there are unconfirmed records from further inland as high as asl.[
]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''E. bibronii'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (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. (''Mabuia bibronii'', p. 184).
* Das I (1991). "A new species of ''Mabuya'' from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 25 (3): 342–344.
* Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species art 2
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. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, First Series'' 2: 287–293. (''Tiliqua bibronii'', new species, p. 25).
* Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Rocha CFD (2002). "Phylogenetic Affinities of ''Mabuya atlantica'' Schmidt
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, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus ''Mabuya'' Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' 241: 281–293.
* Smith MA (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. (''Mabuya bibroni'', p. 260).
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Eutropis
Lizards of Asia
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Reptiles described in 1838
Taxa named by John Edward Gray