Mabuya quadricarinata
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Beautiful Mabuya of four-lined mabuya, Eutropis quadricarinata is a species of skink
. It was previously assigned to the genus Mabuya
, but following splitting up of this genus, the beautiful mabuya was assigned to the genus Eutropis
.
Distribution:
India, Myanmar
Type locality: Bhamo and hills to the east
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
. It was previously assigned to the genus Mabuya
Mabuya
Mabuya is a genus of long-tailed skinks nowadays restricted to species from the Americas. The American mabuyas are primarily carnivorous, though many are omnivorous. Formerly, many Old World species were placed here, as Mabuya was a kind of "wastebasket taxon"...
, but following splitting up of this genus, the beautiful mabuya was assigned to the genus Eutropis
Eutropis
The skink genus Eutropis belongs to the subfamily Lygosominae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya; it contains the Asian mabuyas...
.
Distribution:
India, Myanmar
Type locality: Bhamo and hills to the east