Eutropis longicaudata

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Scincidae

Eutropis longicaudata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eutropis
Species:	E. longicaudata
Binomial name
Eutropis longicaudata (Hallowell, 1857)[2]
Synonyms
Eumeces siamensis Günther 1864 (fide M.A. Smith 1935) Mabuia siamensis – Boulenger 1887: 188 (fide M.A. Smith 1935) Euprepes (Tiliqua) bicarinatus – W. Peters 1867: 22 Euprepes (Tiliqua) Ruhstrati – Fischer 1886: 7 Mabuia longicaudata – Boulenger 1887: 188 Mabuya longicaudata – Stejneger 1907: 214 Mabuya longicaudata – M.A. Smith 1935: 270 Mabuya longicaudata – Taylor 1963: 944 Mabuya longicaudata – Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 268 Mabuya longicaudata – Cox et al. 1998: 111 Mabuya longicaudata – Greer & Nussbaum 2000: 616 Eutropis longicaudata – Mausfeld et al. 2002 Mabuya longicaudata – Ziegler 2002: 193 Mabuya longicauda [sic] – Das & Yaakob 2007 Mabuya longicaudata – Bobrov & Semenov 2008 Eutropis longicaudata – Grismer 2011 Eutropis longicaudatus – Hecht et al. 2013

Eutropis longicaudata, the longtail mabuya or long-tailed sun skink, is a species of skink.^[1][2][3] It is found in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Peninsular Malaysia.^[1][2][4]

Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes.^[5] Though some females are documented, to eat their clutch of eggs, when continually threatened by predators especially when threatened by O. formosanus.^[6]