Lankascincus
| Lankascincus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| 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. Greer included six species of skinks when naming the genus in 1991. Since then, three new species have been described, and another species has been reassigned to this genus.
- Lankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950)
- Lankascincus deraniyagalae Greer, 1991
- Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953)
- Lankascincus fallax (W. Peters, 1860)
- Lankascincus gansi Greer, 1991
- Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007
- Lankascincus munindradasai Wickramasinghe et al., 2007
- Lankascincus sripadensis Wickramasinghe et al., 2007
- Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854)
- Lankascincus taylori Greer, 1991
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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