Dravidoseps Explained

Dravidoseps is a genus of skinks, found in Southern India. They were all previously found in the genera Subdoluseps & Riopa.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus is made up of the following species:

• Dravidoseps gingeeensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
• Dravidoseps goaensis (Sharma, 1976) - Goan supple skink
• Dravidoseps jawadhuensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
• Dravidoseps kalakadensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
• Dravidoseps nilgiriensis Ganesh, Srikanthan, Ghosh, Adhikari, Kumar & Datta-Roy, 2021 - Nilgiri gracile skink
• Dravidoseps pruthi (Sharma, 1976) - Pruthi's supple skink
• Dravidoseps srivilliputhurensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024
• Dravidoseps tamilnaduensis Agarwal, Thackeray & Khandekar, 2024

Notes and References

1. 10.3897/vz.74.e110674 . free . A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species . 2024 . Agarwal . Ishan . Thackeray . Tejas . Khandekar . Akshay . Vertebrate Zoology . 74 . 23–83 .
2. Web site: Researches discover 5 new species of reptiles that give birth to their young ones .