Ristella rurkii
| Ristella rurkii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Ristella |
| Species: | R. rurkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839 | |
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Ristella rurkii, commonly known as Rurk's ristella, is a species of skink endemic to southern India.
Etymology
The specific name, rurkii, is in honor of "Dr. Rurk" who collected the type specimen.[3]
Geographic range
R. rurkii is found in India, in the Anaimalai Hills, Travancore, and the Palni Hills.
References
- ↑ Srinivasulu B, Srinivasulu C (2013). "Ristella rurkii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "Ristella rurkii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ristella rurkii, p. 229).
Further reading
- Beddome RH (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30-35. (Ateuchosaurus travancoricus, new species, p. 33).
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ristella rurkii, pp. 357–358 + Plate XXIX, figures 1, 1a).
- Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ristella rurkii, pp. 215–216, Figure 57).
- Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 2: 331-337. (Ristella rurkii, new species, p. 333).
- Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. ("Ristella rurki [sic]", p. 331).
- Stoliczka F (1871). "Notes on new or little-known Indian Lizards". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal (Calcutta) 1871: 192-195. (Ristella malabarica, new species, p. 195).
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