Dravidoseps nilgiriensis

The Nilgiri gracile skink is found in the Western Ghats ranges of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, southern India. It has a slender, small body of 47–67 mm, sandy brown above with each scale tipped in black, a thick black band along each side from snout to tail, a distinct white streak on the lip, and a dirty white belly whose throat has mild black striations (Wikipedia, general species account).

It has 28–29 scale rows at midbody. It was discovered in the Anaikatti and Mulli hills of the Nilgiri district, in farmland surrounded by deciduous forest, first found in 2019 and named and described as new to science in 2021.