''Eutropis darevskii'', also known
commonly as Darevsy's mabouya, Darevsky's mabuya, and Darevsky's skink, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Vietnam
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''darevskii'', is in honor of Russian herpetologist
Ilya Darevsky.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Eutropis darevskii'', p. 65).]
Geographic range
''E. darevskii'' is found in
Son La Province, Vietnam.
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''E. darevskii'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* Bobrov VV (1992). " 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
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, 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.
Eutropis
Reptiles described in 1992
Reptiles of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Taxa named by Vladimir V. Bobrov
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