Lankascincus
Lankascincus is a genus of skinks, commonly known as lanka skinks. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.
| Lankascincus | |
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| Lankascincus gansi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Lankascincus Greer, 1991[1] |
Species
The genus Lankascincus comprises nine species. Greer included six species of skinks when naming the genus in 1991. Since then, two new species have been described, and another species has been reassigned to this genus.
- Lankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950) - Deignan's tree skink
- Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953)
- Lankascincus fallax (W. Peters, 1860) - Peters's tree skink
- Lankascincus gansi Greer, 1991 - Gans's tree skink, Gans's lankaskink
- Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 - Greer's lanka skink
- Lankascincus megalops (Annandale, 1906)
- Lankascincus sripadensis Wickramasinghe et al., 2007 - Sripada forest skink
- Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854) - Ceylon tree skink
- Lankascincus taylori Greer, 1991 - Taylor's tree skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lankascincus.
References
- "Lankascincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
- Greer AE (1991). "Lankascincus, a New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species". J. Herpetology 25 (1): 59–64. JSTOR 1564795
- Butawita S, Pethiyagoda R (2007). "Description of a new species of litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus)". Ceylon J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 36 (2): 80–87. doi:10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482
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