Lankascincus dorsicatenatus

Lankascincus dorsicatenatus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.

Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
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]
  • Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus
    Deraniyagala, 1953
  • Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
    — Greer, 1991

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
  1. "Lankascincus dorsicatenatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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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