Eumeces blythianus

Eumeces blythianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eumeces
Species:	E. blythianus
Binomial name
	Eumeces blythianus; (Anderson, 1871)
Synonyms
	Mabouia blythiana ; Anderson, 1871; Eumeces blythianus ; — Boulenger, 1887; Novoeumeces blythianus ; — et al., 2000; Eumeces schneideri blythianus ; — Schmitz et al., 2004;

Eumeces blythianus, commonly known as Blyth's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to South Asia.

Etymology[]

The specific name, blythianus, is in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth (1810–1873), Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.^[2]

E. blythianus is found in Afghanistan, India (Punjab), and Pakistan.^[1]

The mode of reproduction of E. blythianus is unknown.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Species Eumeces blythianus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).

Anderson J (1871). "On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma, Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia, Fitzinger". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1871: 180–192. ("Mabouia Blythianus ", new species, pp. 186–188).
Boulenger GA (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). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 385).
Finn F (1898). "Note on a specimen of the rare Scincoid Lizard Eumeces blythianus, (Anderson) from the Afridi Country; with exhibition of the type specimen". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1898: 189.
Schmitz A, , (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73–89. (Eumeces schneideri blythianus, p. 74).
Smith MA (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. (Eumeces blythianus, pp. 340–341).
Taylor EH (1936) [1935]. "A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 23 (14): 1–643.

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