Eumeces blythianus

Eumeces blythianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eumeces
Species:	E. blythianus
Binomial name
Eumeces blythianus (Anderson, 1871)
Synonyms
Mabouia blythiana Anderson, 1871 Eumeces blythianus — Boulenger, 1887 Novoeumeces blythianus — Griffith et al., 2000 Eumeces schneideri blythianus — Schmitz et al., 2004[1]

Eumeces blythianus is a species of skink endemic to South Asia.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces blythianus, p. 28).

Further reading

• Anderson J. 1871. On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma, Blyth, with a description of a new species of Mabouia, Fitzinger. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1871: 180-192. ("Mabouia Blythianus, n. sp.", 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).
• Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D. 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. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643.