Kaestlea bilineata

Two-lined ground skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Kaestlea
Species:
K. bilineata
Binomial name
Kaestlea bilineata
(Gray, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Mocoa bilineata
  • Eumeces bilineatus
  • Lygosoma bilineatum
  • Leiolopisma bilineatum
  • Scincella bilineata
  • Scincella bilineatum

The two-lined ground skink (Kaestlea bilineata) is a species of skink. It is found in the Nilgiri Hills and Travancore Hills of India.

References

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Kaestlea bilineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172610A1351782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172610A1351782.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Eremchenko, V. K & I. Das 2004 Kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (ScincidaLygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 43-50
  • Gray, J. E. 1846 Descriptions of some new species of Indian Lizards. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1)18: 429-430
  • Ouboter, P.E. 1986 A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) (No. 229) 1986: 1-66 PDF