First Photographic Record of Reeve’s Ground Skink (Scincella reevesii Gray, 1838) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from India

Authors

  • Kaushik Deuti
     Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Probhat Bag
     Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/120542

Keywords:

Diagnostic Features, First Record, Reeve's Ground Skink, Tripura.

Abstract

This is the first record of the Reeve's Ground Skink (Scincell reevesi) from India with a photographic record from Tripura State. Diagnostic features and colour of the specimen added for recognition.

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Kaushik Deuti, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

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Published

2020-03-31

How to Cite

Deuti, K., & Bag, P. (2020). First Photographic Record of Reeve’s Ground Skink (<I>Scincella reevesii</I> Gray, 1838) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 93–94. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/120542

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Volume 120, Issue 1, 2020

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