| Mabuya andamanensis |
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| Scientific classification |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Reptilia
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| Order: |
Squamata
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| Suborder: |
Sauria
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| Family: |
Scincidae
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| Genus: |
Mabuya
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| Species: |
M. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by Sauria is a Clade of reptiles that includes all living Diapsids as well as their Common ancestor and all its extinct descendants Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other Mabuya is a Genus of long-tailed Skinks found through Southeast Asia, Africa, and The Americas. andamanensis
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| Binomial name |
Mabuya andamanensis
Smith, 1935 |
Mabuya andamanensis is a species of skink found in the Andaman Islands of India. Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875 New Malden, Surrey - 1958 Ascot) was a Herpetologist and Physician working in the Malay Peninsula Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other
References
- Greer, A. E. , Arnold, C. & Arnold, E. N. 2000 The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21: 121-126
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