Bowring’s Supple Skink

Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

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]

Geographic range

West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor

Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India (Andaman Islands),

Philippines (Sulu Archipelago),

Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra ?, Java, Sulawesi),

China (Hong Kong ), Singapore, India,

Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,

Australia (Cook Islands)

Type locality: Hong Kong.

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