v9i1.217

Submitted date: 05 December 2019
Accepted date: 17 March 2020
Published date: 21 May 2020
Pp. 12–22, pls. 4–8.

A REVISION OF Eutropis rudis (BOULENGER, 1887), RESURRECTION OF E. lewisi (BARTLETT, 1895) AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (REPTILIA : SCINCIDAE) FROM GREAT NICOBAR

A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, S.R. Chandramouli, Kaushik Deuti, Patrick D. Campbell, Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara & Suranjan Karunarathna
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun@rccc.ui.ac.id

Abstract
We examined the syntype series of Eutropis rudis (6 specimens) collected from Sumatra and Borneo, currently deposited at the Natural History Museum, London. We observed that the type series is composed of two species. In order to stabilize application of the name, we designate a lectotype for E. rudis from Sumatra. Mabuya lewisi, described based on a specimen from Borneo, is resurrected as a valid species of Eutropis and redescribed. Based on morphology and geographic distribution, we describe a new species of this complex from Great Nicobar Island with two specimens deposited at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata.

Key words : Borneo, Great Channel, lectotype, Mabuya, Sumatra, systematic, taxonomy

Section Editor: Jakob Hallermann
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