The
specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either
John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father
John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.[2]
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Siler CD (2019). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society186 (4): 1067–1096. (Subdoluseps bowringii, new combination).
Günther A (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Eumeces bowringii, new species, p. 91).