Eutropis longicaudata, the longtail mabuya or long-tailed sun skink, is a species of skink.[1][2][3] It is found in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Peninsular Malaysia.[1][2][4]
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| Eutropis longicaudata |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Squamata |
| Suborder: |
Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: |
Scincomorpha |
| Family: |
Mabuyidae |
| Genus: |
Eutropis |
| Species: |
E. longicaudata |
| Binomial name |
Eutropis longicaudata
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| Synonyms |
- Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
- Mabuia siamensis – Boulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935)
- Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatus – W. Peters 1867: 22
- Euprepes (Tiliqua) Ruhstrati – Fischer 1886: 7
- Mabuia longicaudata – Boulenger 1887: 188
- Mabuya longicaudata – Stejneger 1907: 214
- Mabuya longicaudata – M.A. Smith 1935: 270
- Mabuya longicaudata – Taylor 1963: 944
- Mabuya longicaudata – Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 268
- Mabuya longicaudata – Cox et al. 1998: 111
- Mabuya longicaudata – Greer & Nussbaum 2000: 616
- Eutropis longicaudata – Mausfeld et al. 2002
- Mabuya longicaudata – Ziegler 2002: 193
- Mabuya longicauda [sic] – Das & Yaakob 2007
- Mabuya longicaudata – Bobrov & Semenov 2008
- Eutropis longicaudata – Grismer 2011
- Eutropis longicaudatus – Hecht et al. 2013
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Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes.[5] Though some females are documented, to eat their clutch of eggs, when continually threatened by predators especially when threatened by O. formosanus.[6]
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