Mabuya Clivicola
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''Eutropis clivicola'', known as Inger's mabuya or mountain skink, 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 ...
found in India ( Kerala). It was first formally described in 1984 as ''
Mabuya ''Mabuya'' is a genus of long-tailed skinks restricted to species from various Caribbean islands. They are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. The genus is viviparous, having a highly evolved placenta that resembles that of eutheri ...
clivicola''.


References

* Inger, Robert F.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Koshy, Mammen; Bakde, Ramesh. 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (3): 551-570 Eutropis Reptiles described in 1984 Reptiles of India Endemic fauna of India Taxa named by Robert F. Inger Taxa named by Bradley H. Shaffer Taxa named by Mammen Koshy Taxa named by Ramesh Bakde {{skink-stub