Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Inger's Mabuya (Eutropis clivicola), recorded as Endangered
Inger's Mabuya (Eutropis clivicola). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Inger's Mabuya

Eutropis clivicola

Inger's Mabuya is a skink in the family Scincidae — Eutropis clivicola, recorded as Endangered and tied to India.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Eutropis clivicola
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Squamata · Scincidae · Eutropis

The skink

Skinks are smooth-scaled lizards, often with reduced limbs in burrowing forms. Most eat insects and other small invertebrates.

Range and habitat

Inger's Mabuya, known as Inger's mabuya or mountain skink, is a skink found in India (Kerala).

GBIF currently lists 25 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Most skinks forage in leaf litter or under cover. Burrowing species slip through sand or soil more than they climb.

In crisis

Inger's Mabuya is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Eutropis clivicola — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3061169 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Inger's Mabuya?
Inger's Mabuya is a skink in the family Scincidae — Eutropis clivicola.
What is the conservation status of Inger's Mabuya?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Eutropis clivicola. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Inger's Mabuya live?
Inger's Mabuya, known as Inger's mabuya or mountain skink, is a skink found in India (Kerala).
Why is Inger's Mabuya in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Eutropis clivicola?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Inger's Mabuya a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.