Kaestlea beddomii, also known as Beddome's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Kaestlea |
| Species: | K. beddomii
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| Kaestlea beddomii (Boulenger, 1887)
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Etymology edit
K. beddomii is named after Richard Henry Beddome, a British army officer and botanist.[3]
Distribution and habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of Kaestlea beddomii is forest at elevations of 700–2,000 m (2,300–6,600 ft).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Kaestlea beddomii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172686A1366953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172686A1366953.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Kaestlea beddomii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 June 2020.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). "Scincella beddomii". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading edit
- Boulenger, G.A. (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). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma beddomii, new species, p. 261 + Plate XVIII, figures 3 & 3a).
- Boulenger, G.A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Lygosona beddomii, pp. 203–204).
- Eremchenko, V.K.; Das, I. (2004). "Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India". Hamadryad. 28 (1 & 2): 43–50.
- Greer, A.E. [in French] (1974). "The generic relationships of the lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement. 31: 1–67.
- Smith, M.A. (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. ("Lygosoma beddomei [sic]", p. 305).
- Venugopal, P.D. (2010). "An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (3): 725–738. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2083.725-38. S2CID 86308831.
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