Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Ristella Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Ristella Cat Skinks Katzenskinke Katteskinker 1839 Ristella Gray (type species: Ristella rurkii Gray 1839) Contents: 4 species, all of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Ristella beddomii Yellow-spotted Cat Skink, Yellow-spotted Four-fingered Skink, (Beddome's Cat Skink) Gelbfleckiger Katzenskink Gulplettet Katteskink 1887 Ristella beddomii Boulenger Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Ristella guentheri Sirimallai Cat Skink, (Boulenger's Cat Skink, Boulenger's Four-fingered Skink) Sirimallai-Katzenskink Sirimallai-katteskink 1887 Ristella guentheri Boulenger Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Ristella rurkii Reddish-brown Cat Skink, Reddish-brown Forest Skink Kastanienbrauner Katzenskink Rødbrun Katteskink 1839 Ristella rurkii Gray 1871 Ristella malabarica Stoliczka (Smith 1935) Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Ristella travancorica Travancore Cat Skink, Reddish-brown Four-fingered Skink Tranvancore-Katzenskink Tranvancore-katteskink 1870 Ateuchosaurus travancoricus Beddome Ristella travancorica Beddome 1871 Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).