NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bowring’s Supple Skink
Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Bowring's supple skink (Lygosoma bowringii). Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand. Size (snout to vent) up to 6 cm, total length up to 12 cm.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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 subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Wikipedia contributors, Subdoluseps bowringii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:03:40.397306+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)
- Name authority
- (Günther, 1864)
- Common name
- Bowring’s Supple Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Subdoluseps
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyLygosominae
- genusSubdoluseps
- speciesSubdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Subdoluseps. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Subdoluseps samajaya (Karin, Freitas, Shonleben, Grismer, Bauer & Das, 2018) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eumeces bowringii Günther, 1864 Günther, 1864 | synonym |
| Euprepes (Riopa) punctatostriatus Peters, 1871 Peters, 1871 | synonym |
| Lygosoma whiteheadi Mocquard, 1890 Mocquard, 1890 | synonym |
| Riopa punctatostriatus | synonym |
| Euprepes | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Subdoluseps&species=bowringii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8KBNK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.