Ristella guentheri, commonly known as Günther's ristella and Gunther's cat skink, is a
species of
lizard in the
familyScincidae. The species is
endemic to
India.
The type locality is "Madura, Sirimallay Hills"[4] (=
Sirumalai Hills, Madurai district).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of R. guentheri is
forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).[1]
Description
R. guentheri may attain a
snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.9 cm (1.5 in). It has 22 or 24 scales around the middle of the body. It is reddish brown
dorsally, and whitish ventrally.[4]
^Beolens, Bo;
Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ristella guentheri, pp. 110-111).
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abBoulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropsidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamaeleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. (Ristella guentheri, new species, p. 358 + Plate XXIX, Figures 3, 3a).
Further reading
Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ristella guentheri, p. 216).
Das I (1997). "Checklist of the Reptiles of India, with English common names". Hamadryad22 (1): 32–45.
Palot MJ (2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa7 (13): 8010–8022.
Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Ristella guentheri, p. 332).