''Eutropis englei'', also known
commonly as Engel's mabuya and the six-striped mabouya, is a
species
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of skink, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Mindanao
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in the
Philippines
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.
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Etymology
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, ''englei'', is in honor of Captain Francis G. Engle (1888–1974) of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ( USC&GS; known as the Survey of the Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the United States Coast Survey from 1836 until 1878) was the first scientific agency of the Federal government of the United State ...
.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Mabuya englei'', p. 84).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''E. englei'' is low vegetation near mouths of streams and along beaches.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''E. englei'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). ''Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae''. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (''Mabuya englei'', p. 120).
* Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Freder C (2002). "Phylogenetic Affinities of ''Mabuya atlantica'' Schmidt
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* Schmidt (Martian c ...
, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Francisco de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus ''Mabuya'' Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' 241: 281–293. (''Eutropis englei'', new combination).
* Taylor EH (1925). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippines, IV". ''Philippine Journal of Science'' 26: 97–111. (''Mabuya englei'', new species, pp. 101–102).
Eutropis
Reptiles described in 1925
Reptiles of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor
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