Subdoluseps bowringii

Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Subdoluseps bowringii
Subdoluseps bowringii from Petchaburi Province, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Subdoluseps
Species:	S. bowringii
Binomial name
Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Eumeces bowringii Günther, 1864 Euprepes punctatolineatus W. Peters, 1871 (ex errore) Euprepes punctatostriatus W. Peters, 1871 Lygosoma bowringii — Boulenger, 1887 Lygosoma comotti Boulenger, 1887 Lygosoma whiteheadi Mocquard, 1890 Riopa bowringii — Taylor, 1922 Mochlus bowringii — Ebenhard & Sjögren, 1984 Lygosoma bowringii — Cogger, 1994 Subdoluseps bowringii — Freitas et al., 2019

Etymology

The specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.^[2]

Geographic range

West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor

Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India (Andaman Islands),

Philippines (Sulu Archipelago),

Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra ?, Java, Sulawesi),

China (Hong Kong ), Singapore, India, Bangladesh,^[3]

Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,

Australia (Cook Islands and Christmas Island).^[4]

Type locality: Hong Kong.