Mabuya trivittata - Citizendia

Three-banded Mabuya

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. trivittata

Binomial name

Mabuya trivittata
(Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)

Three-banded Mabuya Mabuya trivittata is a species of skink found in India. John Edward Gray ( 12 February 1800 &ndash 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

Distribution

Central and western India (Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar).

References

Anderson, J. , 1871 On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc. , London: 149-211
Hardwicke,F. R. & Gray, J. John Edward Gray ( 12 February 1800 &ndash 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. E. 1827 A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Major-General Hardwicke. Zool. J. London 3: 214-229

External links

Mabuya trivittata at the TIGR Reptile Database

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