Lygosoma bowringii, commonly known as the Christmas Island grass-skink or Bowring's supple skink, is a species of scincid lizard endemic to Southeast Asia.
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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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Lacertilia
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Subdoluseps
Species
Subdoluseps bowringii
Common names
German: Bowrings Laubskink
English:
Christmas Island grass-skink
Bowring’s supple skink
Thai: จิ้งเหลนเรียวท้องเหลือง
Synonyms
Lygosoma bowringii, Peter Geissler et al. (2012)
Riopa bowringii, Vladimir V. Bobrov & Dmitry V. Semenov (2008)
Lygosoma bowringii, Wolfgang Grossmann & Frank Tillack (2004)
Riopa bowringi, Olivier S.G. Pauwels et al. (2003)
Riopa bowringii, Rudolf Malkmus et al. (2002)
Riopa bowringi, Hien et al. (2001)
Riopa bowringi, Olivier S.G. Pauwels et al. (2000)
Lygosoma bowringii, Harold Cogger (2000)
Riopa bowringii, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
Lygosoma bowringii (Riopa bowringii), Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Riopa bowringii, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Lygosoma bowringii, Harold Cogger (1994)
Mochlus bowringi, T. Ebenhard & P. Sjögren (1984)
Riopa bowringi, Edward Harrison Taylor (1963)
Riopa bowringi, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
Riopa bowringi, Emmett Reid Dunn (1927)
Lygosoma whiteheadi, François Mocquard (1890)
Lygosoma comotti, George Albert Boulenger (1887)
Lygosoma bowringii, George Albert Boulenger (1887)
Euprepes (Riopa) punctatostriatus, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (1871)
Euprepes (Riopa) punctatolineatus, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (in error) (1871)
Eumeces bowringii, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)