| 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] |
Lankascincus is a genus of skinks, commonly known as lanka skinks. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Species
The genus Lankascincus comprises ten species.
- 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 megalops (Annandale, 1906)
- Lankascincus merrill Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, & Wickramasinghe, 2020 - Merrill's lanka skink
- Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka, & Amarasinghe, 2020 - Sameera's lanka skink
- 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