Eutropis darevskii, also known commonly as Darevsy's mabouya, Darevsky's mabuya, and Darevsky's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

Eutropis darevskii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. darevskii
Binomial name
Eutropis darevskii
(Bobrov, 1992)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya darevskii
    Bobrov, 1992
  • Eutropis darevskii
    Mausfeld et al., 2002

Etymology edit

The specific name, darevskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Ilya Darevsky.[3]

Geographic range edit

E. darevskii is found in Son La Province, Vietnam.[2]

Reproduction edit

The mode of reproduction of E. darevskii is unknown.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Eutropis darevskii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102345387A102345389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102345387A102345389.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Eutropis darevskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eutropis darevskii, p. 65).

Further reading edit

  • Bobrov VV (1992). "[A new scincid lizard (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71 (9): 156–158. (Mabuya darevskii, new species). (in Russian).
  • Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misov B, Vrcibradic D, Rocha CFD (2002). "Phylogenetic affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Naronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 241 (3): 281–293. (Eutropis darevskii, new combination).
  • Pham AV, Tu HV, Nguyen TV, Ziegler T, Nguyen TQ (2018). "New records and an updated list of lizards from Son La Province, Vietnam". Herpetology Notes 11: 209–216.