Taxonomy and predicted distribution of a rare Indian skink, Eutropis innotata (Blanford, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with the redescription of its holotype Author Thasun Amarasinghe, A. A. 0000-0002-4151-1806 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India & thasun. amarasinghe @ ui. ac. id; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4151 - 1806 thasun.amarasinghe@ui.ac.id Author Ganesh, S. R. Author Patel, Harshil Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat 395007, India Author Deuti, Kaushik 0000-0003-3319-3665 Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Herpetology Division, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700016, India kaushikdeuti @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3319 - 3665 kaushikdeuti@gmail.com Author Campbell, Patrick D. 0000-0001-7473-7740 Department of Life Sciences, Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW 7 5 BD, England p. campbell @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7473 - 7740 p.campbell@nhm.ac.uk Author Palot, M. Jafer Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Ravet Road, Akurdi, Pune 411044, India Author Karunarathna, Suranjan 0000-0003-0965-7781 Nature Explorations & Education Team, No: B- 1 / G- 6, De Soysapura Flats, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka suranjan. karu @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0965 - 7781 suranjan.karu@gmail.com Author Abinawanto, A. 0000-0003-0181-9336 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India & abinawanto. ms @ sci. ui. ac. id; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0181 - 9336 abinawanto.ms@sci.ui.ac.id Author Supriatna, Jatna 0000-0001-9850-8395 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI, Depok, 16424, Indonesia Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India & j. supriatna @ sci. ui. ac. id; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9850 - 8395 j.supriatna@sci.ui.ac.id text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-08 4981 3 577 592 journal article 6205 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.8 3e2d862d-2e56-446b-9473-e359a2681f26 1175-5326 4921601 E646414D-6E5C-42F6-A7FA-36B9FC2A1B70

TABLE 3. Some morphometric, meristic, and morphological characters of the Eutropis species which have transparent disc on lower eyelid; —not applicable / not evaluated.

Character	E. innotata	E. dissimilis	E. bibronii	E. nagarjunensis
	holotype other (n =4) NHMUK	(n =34)	(n =54)	(n =6)
	1946.8.19.2
head length	12.7 7.4–9.1	11.8–24.6	8.5–11.9	11.6–13.4
head width	7.1 5.6–7.7	9.4–13.3	4.8–6.8	7.0–7.3
eye–nostril length	3.1 2.7–3.6	3.9–6.5	2.1–3.5	3.2–4.1
snout length	4.1 3.9–4.5	5.8–8.4	3.2–4.6	4.6–5.3
eye–tympanum length	3.0 2.9–4.1	4.4–7.3	2.1–3.4	3.0–3.1
orbit diameter	3.3 2.5–2.9	3.2–6.0	1.5–3.0	2.4–3.5
snout–vent length	54.7 37.2–47.8	29.2–98.7	31.0–47.9	46.4–48.6
tibia (shank) length	6.0 4.8–7.5	10.4–15.3	4.5–7.5	7.6–8.4
femur (thigh) length	10.6 6.0–9.7	8.3–13.7	4.4–7.8	5.8–7.8
toe IV length	–– 4.8–5.5	4.7–7.6	5.0–7.9	7.1–8.2
Midbody scale rows	33 32–34	32–36	28–30	32–35
Ventrals	58 56–60	54–59	46–52	51
Paravertebrals	50 45–49	46–50	37–41	37–41
Lamellae on toe IV	17 14–18	12–15	15–19	20–24
No. of dorsal keels	5	2	5	5
No. of nuchal pairs	1	0	2	2
No. of pre-auricular lobules	3	3	3	3
Temporal scales	smooth	smooth	keeled	smooth
Nuchals	smooth	––	keeled	keeled
Parietals	smooth	smooth	keeled	smooth
Postnasal	absent	absent	present	present