Eutropis trivittata (Indian three-banded skink) is a species of skink found in India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eutropis |
| Species: | E. trivittata
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Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) | |
Description
editSupranasals in contact with one another; fronto-nasal broader than long; prefrontantal in contact with one another; a pair of nuchal present or absent. No postnasal, anterior loreal higher than long. Half as long as the posterior; lower eyelid scaly; ear opening subcircular, smaller than a lateral scale with a short, pointed lobulous anteriorly. Dorsal and lateral scales subequal, with 5, sometime in adults 7, strong keels; 34 or 36 scales round the middle of the body. Digits moderately long, with smooth lamellae, 13 or 14 beneath the fourth toe; the hind-limb reaches to the wrist or the elbow. Palm of the heel and sole of the feet with enlarged sub conical tubercles intermixed with much smaller one.[2]
Distribution
editCentral and western India (Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar).
References
edit- ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Roy, A.D. (2013). "Eutropis trivittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T194117A2300849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194117A2300849.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.
1. Smith, M.A. (1935): The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. – London (Taylor and Francis), xiii + 440 S. + 1 pl.
- Anderson, J., 1871 On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc., London: 149-211
- Hardwicke, F.R. & Gray, J.E. 1827 A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Major-General Hardwicke. Zool. J. London 3: 214-229