Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lankascincus |
Species: | L. dorsicatenatus |
Binomial name | |
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Lankascincus dorsicatenatus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
L. dorsicatenus was originally placed in the “wastebasket taxon” Sphenomorphus, but was later moved to the genus Lankascincus, which is a genus of skinks endemic to Sri Lanka..
References
- ↑ "Lankascincus dorsicatenatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
Further reading
- Deraniyagala PEP (1953). A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Volume 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo: Government Press. 101 pp. (Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus, new species).
- Greer AE (1991). "Lankascincus, a New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species". Journal of Herpetology 25 (1): 59-64.
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