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Kaestlea beddomii

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Species of lizard

Kaestlea beddomii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Kaestlea
Species: K. beddomii
Binomial name
Kaestlea beddomii
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma beddomii
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Leiolopisma beddomei
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Scincella beddomi
    — Greer, 1974
  • Kaestlea beddomii
    — Eremchenko & Das, 2004

Kaestlea beddomii, also known as Beddome's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Etymology

K. beddomii is named after Richard Henry Beddome, a British army officer and botanist.

Distribution and habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Kaestlea beddomii is forest at elevations of 700–2,000 m (2,300–6,600 ft).

References

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Kaestlea beddomii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172686A1366953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172686A1366953.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Kaestlea beddomii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 June 2020.
  3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). "Scincella beddomii". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, G.A. (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). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma beddomii, new species, p. 261 + Plate XVIII, figures 3 & 3a).
  • Boulenger, G.A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Lygosona beddomii, pp. 203–204).
  • Eremchenko, V.K.; Das, I. (2004). "Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India". Hamadryad. 28 (1 & 2): 43–50.
  • Greer, A.E. (1974). "The generic relationships of the lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement. 31: 1–67.
  • Smith, M.A. (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. ("Lygosoma beddomei ", p. 305).
  • Venugopal, P.D. (2010). "An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 2 (3): 725–738. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2083.725-38. S2CID 86308831.
Taxon identifiers
Kaestlea beddomii
Scincella beddomei


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