A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species

Embryos of Dravidoseps gen. nov. at different development stages: A two pairs in D. goaensis comb. nov. in early developmental stages (neotype, BNHS 2567); B two pairs in D. gingeeensis sp. nov. in early developmental stages (holotype, NRC-AA-8273); C–E various development stages of D. kalakadensis sp. nov. (paratypes, BNHS 2829, ZSI-R-28613, and ZSI-R-28615 respectively); F–N various development stages of D. srivilliputhurensis sp. nov. (paratypes, BNHS 2832, BNHS 2834, BNHS 2835, BNHS 2837–2839, NRC-AA-8284, NRC-AA-8285, ZSI-R-28618); O two almost completely developed in D. tamilnaduensis sp. nov. (paratype, BNHS 2859). Scale bars = 5 mm; photos by Akshay Khandekar.