Nicobar Island Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Scincidae Genus: Mabuya 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. rugifera
Binomial name
Mabuya rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)

Nicobar Island Skink, Mabuya rugifera, is a species of skink. Ferdinand Stoliczka ( June 7, 1838 – June 19, 1874) was a Moravian Palaeontologist In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

Description

Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind vertical of suture between rostral and first labial; no postnasal; anterior loreal not deeper but much smaller than second; frontonasal broader than long, largely in contact with the rostral and with the frontal: the latter shield longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars; 4 supraoculars, second largest; 6 supraciliaries, first largest; fronto-parietals distinct, larger than the interparietal; a pair of nuchals; 5 (or 4) labials anterior to the subocular, which is large and not narrower below. Ear-opening very small, oval, horizontal, with projecting granules round its border. Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales very strongly quinquecarinate; 26 scales round the body, of which 8 or 10 are smooth. The hind limb reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamellae smooth. Scales on upper surface of tibia bicarinate. Tail 1. 6 times the length of head and body. Dark olive-brown above, greenish-white inferiorly. From snout to vent 2-5 inches ; tail 4. 5. ^[1]

Distribution

India, S Thailand, Yala, Satun, West Malaysia (Perak, Pahang, Selangor), Singapore, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Pulau Nias, Mentawai Islands, Java)

Notes

References

• Greer,A. E. & Nussbaum,R. A. 2000 New character useful in the systematics of the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Copeia 2000 (2): 615-618
• Stoliczka, F. Ferdinand Stoliczka ( June 7, 1838 – June 19, 1874) was a Moravian Palaeontologist 1870 Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 39:134-228.
• Stoliczka, F. Ferdinand Stoliczka ( June 7, 1838 – June 19, 1874) was a Moravian Palaeontologist 1870 Observations of some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 105-109

External links

• Mabuya rugifera at the TIGR Reptile Database
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Mubuya_rugifera.jpg

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