Eutropis englei

Eutropis englei, also known commonly as Engel's mabuya and the six-striped mabouya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines.[2]

Eutropis englei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eutropis
Species:
E. englei
Binomial name
Eutropis englei
(Taylor, 1925)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya englei
    Taylor, 1925
  • Eutropis englei
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Etymology

The specific name, englei, is in honor of Captain Francis G. Engle (1888–1974) of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. englei is low vegetation near mouths of streams and along beaches.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of E. englei is unknown.[2]

References
  1. Pitogo, K. (2022). "Eutropis englei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169879A185490604. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. Eutropis englei 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. (Mabuya englei, p. 84).

Further reading
  • Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (Mabuya englei, p. 120).
  • Mausfeld P, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Misof B, Vrcibradic D, Freder C (2002). "Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Francisco de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 281–293. (Eutropis englei, new combination).
  • Taylor EH (1925). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippines, IV". Philippine Journal of Science 26: 97–111. (Mabuya englei, new species, pp. 101–102).



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