First Record of Allapalli Forest Skink, Eutropis allapallensis (Schmidt, 1926) from West Bengal State, India

Authors

  • Probhat Bag
     Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, Fps Building, Indian Museum Complex, 27 Jl Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Sujoy Raha
     Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, Fps Building, Indian Museum Complex, 27 Jl Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Kaushik Deuti
     Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, Fps Building, Indian Museum Complex, 27 Jl Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/128510

Keywords:

Allapalli Forest Skink, New Record, West Bengal, Diagnostic Features.

Abstract

The distribution range of the Allapalli Forest Skink (Eutropis allapallensis) which was previously known from Peninsular and Central India up to Odisha is being extended herein to West Bengal on the basis of an specimen present in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India at Kolkata. The diagnostic characters and scale counts of the specimen are being given for clear identification of the species.

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Author Biographies

Probhat Bag, Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, Fps Building, Indian Museum Complex, 27 Jl Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

Sr. Zool. Asstt.

Kaushik Deuti, Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, Fps Building, Indian Museum Complex, 27 Jl Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

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Published

2020-03-31

How to Cite

Bag, P., Raha, S., & Deuti, K. (2020). First Record of Allapalli Forest Skink, <i>Eutropis allapallensis</i> (Schmidt, 1926) from West Bengal State, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 97–98. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/128510

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Volume 120, Issue 1, 2020

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