Eutropis darevskii

Eutropis darevskii, also known commonly as Darevsy's mabouya, Darevsky's mabuya, and Darevsky's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

Eutropis darevskii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. darevskii
Binomial name
Eutropis darevskii (Bobrov, 1992)
Synonyms[2]
Mabuya darevskii Bobrov, 1992 Eutropis darevskii — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Etymology

The specific name, darevskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Ilya Darevsky.^[3]

Geographic range

E. darevskii is found in Son La Province, Vietnam.^[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of E. darevskii is unknown.^[2]

References

1. Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Eutropis darevskii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102345387A102345389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102345387A102345389.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eutropis darevskii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eutropis darevskii, p. 65).

Further reading

• Bobrov VV (1992). "[A new scincid lizard (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam]". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 71 (9): 156–158. (Mabuya darevskii, new species). (in Russian).
• Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misov B, Vrcibradic D, Rocha CFD (2002). "Phylogenetic affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Naronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 241 (3): 281–293. (Eutropis darevskii, new combination).
• Pham AV, Tu HV, Nguyen TV, Ziegler T, Nguyen TQ (2018). "New records and an updated list of lizards from Son La Province, Vietnam". Herpetology Notes 11: 209–216.