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| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[species:Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[species:Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]] (2013). "''Subdoluseps pruthi'' ". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2013: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172583A1346440.en. Accessed on 17 February 2024.</ref><br />
| genus = Subdoluseps<br />
| species = pruthi<br />
| authority = ([[species:Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma]], 1977)<br />
| synonyms = *''Riopa pruthi'' <br>{{small|Sharma, 1977}}<br />
*''Lygosoma pruthi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Indraneil Das|Das]], 1996}}<br />
*''Subdoluseps pruthi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Elyse S. Freitas|Freitas]] et al., 2019}}<br />
*''Dravidoseps pruthi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal]] et al., 2024}}<br />
| synonyms_ref =<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Subdoluseps|species=pruthi}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><br />
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'''''Subdoluseps pruthi''''', known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Pruthi's skink''' or '''Pruthi's supple skink''', is a [[species]] of [[diurnality|diurnal]], [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]], [[insectivorous]], [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the southern part of the [[Eastern Ghats]] in [[South India]]. The species was first described based on the [[type specimen]] from [[Chitteri]] hills in [[Dharmapuri]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Further surveys reveal the presence of similar-looking skinks in nearby hill ranges. Though described in 1977, the [[holotype]] was collected in 1929, and yet very little is known or has been published about this species.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''pruthi'', is in honor of Indian [[Entomology|entomologist]] [[Hem Singh Pruthi]] (1897–1969), who collected the [[holotype]] from [[Chitteri]] Hills of central [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]], [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins M]], [[species:Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Lygosoma pruthi'', p. 212).</ref><br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
''S. pruthi'' is found in the southern part of the [[Eastern Ghats]] in [[Dharmapuri]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]], in [[South India]]. This species has been sighted in other ranges of the [[Eastern Ghats]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. Further work is necessary to fully chart its geographic range.<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''S. pruthi'' is [[forest]], at altitudes around {{cvt|250|m|ft}}.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
''S. pruthi'' is [[Viviparity|viviparous]]. <ref>[[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal]] et al., 2024.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal I]], [[species:Tejas Thackeray|Thackeray T]], [[species:Akshay Khandekar|Khandekar A]] (2024). "A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of ''Subdoluseps'' (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species". ''Vertebrate Zoology'' '''74''': 23–83. (''Dravidoseps pruthi'', new combination).<br />
*[[species:Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma RC]] (1977). "[http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/073/01-04/0041-0042.pdf A new lizard of the genus ''Riopa'' Gray (Scincidae) from Tamil Nadu, India]". ''Records of the Zoological Survey of India'' '''73''' (1-4): 41–42. (''Riopa pruthi'', new species).<br />
*[[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das I]] (2003). "Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' '''100''' (2-3): 446–502.<br />
*[[species:Aniruddha Datta-Roy|Datta-Roy A]], [[species:Mewa Singh|Singh M]], [[species:K. Praveen Karanth|Karanth KP]] (2014). "Phylogeny of endemic skinks of the genus ''Lygosoma'' (Squamata: Scincidae) from India suggests an in situ radiation". ''Journal of Genetics'' '''93''' (1): 163–167. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0321-z<br />
*[[species:Elyse S. Freitas|Freitas ES]], Datta-Roy A, Karanth P, [[species:Larry Lee Grismer|Grismer LL]], [[species:Cameron D. Siler|Siler CD]] (2019). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosomonae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''186''' (4): 1067–1096. (''Subdoluseps pruthi'', new combination, p. 1088).<br />
*[[species:Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh|Ganesh SR]], [[species:Munusami Arumugam|Arumugam M]] (2016). "Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''23''' (1): 7-24.<br />
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[[Category:Reptiles described in 1977]]<br />
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