''Eutropis dawsoni'', also known
commonly as Gans's grass skink and Gans's mabuya, is a
species of
lizard
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in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to the southern
Western Ghats,
India.
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Etymology
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, ''dawsoni'', is in honor of F.W. Dawson who was Director of the Trivandrum Museum.[
The specific name of the synonym, ''gansi'', is in honor of American herpetologist ]Carl Gans
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Early life and education
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Geographic range
''E. dawsoni'' is found in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, southern India.[
The type locality of the formerly recognized ''Eutropis gansi'' is "2 km NW of Muthalar Road Cross off Sengaltheri–Thalayanai road (towards Moolakasam), Kalakkad Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu State, India".][ (''Mabuya gansi'', new species).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''E. dawsoni'' is forest, at altitudes of and higher.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''E. dawsoni'' is unknown.[
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References
Further reading
* Annandale N (1909). "Report on a small collection of Lizards from Travancore". ''Records of the Indian Museum'' 3 (3): 253–257. (''Lygosoma dawsonii'', new species, p. 257).
* Das I (1991). "A New Species of ''Mabuya'' from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae)". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 25 (3): 342–344. (''Mabuya gansi'', new species).
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, Raha S, Bag P, Debnath S (2021). "Taxonomic reassessment of ''Eutropis macularia'' ( Blyth, 1853) complex in the Western Ghats of India: Resurrection of ''Eutropis brevis'' ( Günther, 1875), ''Eutropis dawsoni'' (Annandale, 1909) and synonymisation of ''Eutropis gansi'' (Das, 1991) (Reptilia:Squamata: Scincidae)". ''Records of the Zoological Survey of India'' 121 (3): 363–374.
* Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Freder C (1991). "Phylogenetic Affinities of ''Mabuya atlantica'' Schmidt
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, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus ''Mabuya'' Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' 241: 281–293. (''Eutropis gansi'', new combination).
Eutropis
Reptiles of India
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Reptiles described in 1909
Taxa named by Nelson Annandale
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