Eutropis cumingi

Eutropis cumingi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. cumingi
Binomial name
Eutropis cumingi (W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
Mabuya cumingi W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980 Eutropis cumingi — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Eutropis cumingi, also known commonly as Cuming's eared skink, Cuming's mabouya, and Cuming's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, cumingi, is in honor of English naturalist, Hugh Cuming, who collected the holotype.^[2][3]

Geographic range

E. cumingi is found in the northern parts of the Philippines (Luzon, Calayan, Camiguin, and Lubang)^[1] as well as in Orchid Island southeast of Taiwan.^[1][4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. cumingi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft).^[1]

Diet

E. cumingi preys upon cockroaches and other insects.^[1]

Reproduction

E. cumingi is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.^[2]

References

1. Brown, R.; Afuang, L.E.; Rico, E.L.; Ledesma, M.; Sy, E.; Shang, G. (2019). "Eutropis cumingi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195298A2377260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T195298A2377260.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Eutropis cumingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 November 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya cumingi, p. 62).
4. Li, Hsiang-Ying (n.d.). Shao, K.T. (ed.). "Eutropis cumingi (Brown & Alcala, 1980)". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

Further reading

• Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (Mabuya cumingi, new species, p. 117).
• Greer AE, Telford SR Jr (2004). "Some observations on the morphology and reproduction of the Philippine Islands skink Mabuya cumingi ". Hamadryad 29: 1–4.
• Ota H, Huang W-S (2000). "Mabuya cumingi (Reptilia: Scincidae): an addition to the herpetofauna of Lanyu Island, Taiwan". Current Herpetology 19 (2): 57–61.