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| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, C. |author2=Srinivasulu, B. |date=2013 |title=''Eutropis allapallensis'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T194115A2300519 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194115A2300519.en |access-date=13 October 2023 }}</ref><br />
| genus = Eutropis<br />
| species = allapallensis<br />
| authority = ([[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1926)<br />
| synonyms =<br />
''Mabuya allapallensis'' <small>Schmidt, 1926</small><br />
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'''''Eutropis allapallensis''''', the '''Allapalli grass skink''' or '''Schmidt's mabuya''', is a species of [[skink]] [[endemic]] to [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
''Eutropis allapallensis'' is widely distributed in central and peninsular India. Its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is [[Allapalli#Glory of Allapalli Biodiversity Heritage Site|Allapalli Forest]] near [[Chandrapur|Chanda]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
This species occurs in tropical dry and moist deciduous and open scrub forests. It can also be found near human habitations and in arable land. It is locally abundant throughout its range.<ref name=IUCN/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Simpson-Roosevelts Asiatic Expedition]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Eutropis |species=allapallensis |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Vyas, R. 2004 First record of ''Mabuya allapallensis'' from Gujarat State, India. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 136–138<br />
* Das I. 1991 A new species of Mabuya from Tamil Nadu State, Southern India (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 342–344.<br />
* Schmidt, K.P. 1926 Amphibians and Reptiles of the James Simpson-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 12: 167–173<br />
* Thomas, J., P. S. Easa & S. Jahas. 1998 ''Mabuya allapallensis'' Schmidt A new record for Kerala. Cobra 31: 16–18.<br />
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[[Category:Eutropis]]<br />
[[Category:Lizards of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1926]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt]]<br />
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