Asymblepharus tragbulense

Asymblepharus tragbulense is a species of skink endemic to South Asia.[1]

Asymblepharus tragbulense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Asymblepharus
Species:
A. tragbulense
Binomial name
Asymblepharus tragbulense
(Alcock, 1898)[1]

Geographic range

A. tragbulense is found in India, and possibly Pakistan.[1]

Type locality: "Tragbal [sic] Pass, at an elevation of about 9,000 feet".[2] [= Tragbul Pass (34° 29' N, 74° 40' E), about 50 km (31 mi) NNW of Srinagar, Kashmir, India and Pakistan, 9,000 ft (2,700 m)].[1]

References
  1. "Asymblepharus tragbulense ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Alcock 1898.

Further reading
  • Alcock AW. 1898. Report on the Natural History Results of the Pamir Boundary Commission. Calcutta [1897]: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. 45 pp. + five plates. (Lygosoma himalayanum var. tragbulensis, new variation, p. 36).
  • Das I, Dattagupta B, Gayen N. 1998. Systematic status of Lygosoma himalayanum tragbulensis Alcock, "1897" 1898 (Sauria: Scincidae) collected by the Pamir boundary commission, 1885. Russ. J. Herpetol. 5 (2): 147-150.
  • Shea GM, Greer AE. 2002. From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: Generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 148-156.
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