Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutropis_greeri">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1287766962">@media(max-width:640px){body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox{width:100%!important}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox th{width:50%}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Eutropis greeri</b></i> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink" title="Skink">skink</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizard</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scincidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Scincidae">Scincidae</a>. The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>greeri</i>, is in honor of Australian herpetologist <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Allen_Eddy_Greer" class="extiw" title="species:Allen Eddy Greer">Allen E. Greer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>E. greeri</i> is found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galle_District" title="Galle District">Galle District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern Province</a>, Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <p>The preferred natural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> of <i>E. greeri</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a>, at altitudes of 30–500&nbsp;m (98–1,640&nbsp;ft).<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behavior">Behavior</h2></div> <p><i>E. greeri</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_locomotion" title="Terrestrial locomotion">terrestrial</a>, living in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_litter" title="Plant litter">leaf litter</a> of the rainforest.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_reproduction" title="Modes of reproduction">mode of reproduction</a> of <i>E. greeri</i> is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-0">^{<i><b>a</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-1">^{<i><b>b</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-2">^{<i><b>c</b></i>}</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kanishka_D.B._Ukuwela" class="extiw" title="species:Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela">Ukuwela K</a> (2016). "<i>Eutropis greeri</i> ". The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN" class="mw-redirect" title="IUCN">IUCN</a> Red List of Threatened Species 2021: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127942355A127942366.en">https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127942355A127942366.en</a>. Accessed on 03 June 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RDB-2"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-0">^{<i><b>a</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-1">^{<i><b>b</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-2">^{<i><b>c</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-3">^{<i><b>d</b></i>}</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Eutropis&amp;species=greeri"><i>Eutropis greeri</i></a> at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/">Reptarium.cz Reptile Database</a>. Accessed 22 September 2019.</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li> <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sudesh_Batuwita" class="extiw" title="species:Sudesh Batuwita">Batuwita S</a> (2016). "Description of Two New Species of <i>Eutropis</i> (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of <i>Eutropis madaraszi</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_M%C3%A9hel%C3%BF" title="Lajos Méhelÿ">Méhely</a>)". <i>Journal of Herpetology</i> <b>50</b> (3): 486–496. (<i>Eutropis greeri</i>, new species).</li></ul> <p><br> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Eutropis greeri</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61721656" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q61721656">Q61721656</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eutropis_greeri" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Eutropis greeri">Eutropis greeri</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8H5V8">8H5V8</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/11216551">11216551</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/127942355/0">127942355</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_Database" title="Reptile Database">RD</a>: <span class="uid"><a 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Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Scincidae

Genus: Eutropis

Species: Greer's Mabuya Eutropis greeri