Eumeces blythianus
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E. blythianus
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Eumeces blythianus is a species of skink endemic to South Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, blythianus, is in honor of Edward Blyth (1810 - 1873), Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.[2]
Geographic range
E. blythianus is found in Afghanistan, India (Punjab), and Pakistan.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).
Further reading
- Anderson J. 1871. On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma, Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia, Fitzinger. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1871: 180-192. ("Mabouia Blythianus, n. sp.", pp. 186-188).
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ...Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 385).
- Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73-89. (Eumeces schneideri blythianus, p. 74).
- 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. (Eumeces blythianus, pp. 340-341).
- Taylor EH. 1936 [1935]. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643.
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