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| status = EN<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>[[species:Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[species:Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]] (2021). "''Eutropis ashwamedhi'' ". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T174131A123301982. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T174131A123301982.en. Accessed on 29 May 2022.</ref><br />
| genus = Eutropis<br />
| species = ashwamedhi<br />
| authority = ([[species:Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma]], 1969)<br />
| synonyms = *''Riopa ashwamedhi'' <br/>{{small|Sharma, 1969}}<br />
*''Lygosoma ashwamedhi'' <br/>{{small|— [[species:Indraneil Das|Das]], 1996}}<br />
*''Eutropis ashwamedhi'' <br/>{{small|— [[species:Chelmala Srinivasulu|C. Srinivasulu]] et al., 2016}}<br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Eutropis|species=ashwamedhi}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref><br />
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'''''Eutropis ashwamedhi''''', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as the '''Ashwamedh supple skink''' or '''Ashwamedha writhing skink''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].<br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
''E. ashwamedhi'' is found in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=iucn/><ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''E. ashwamedhi'' is [[shrubland]], at altitudes of {{convert|230|–|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
The [[Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''E. ashwamedhi'' is unknown.<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[species:Indraneil Das|Das I]] (1996). ''Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company.<br />
*[[species:Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma RC]] (1969). "Two new lizards of the genera ''Mabuya'' [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]] and ''Riopa'' [[John Edward Gray|Gray]] (Scincidae) from India". ''Bulletin of Systematic Zoology, Calcutta'' '''1''' (2): 71–75. (''Riopa ashwamedhi'', new species). <br />
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[[Category:Eutropis]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1969]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Ramesh Chandra Sharma]]<br />
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