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Lankascincus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Sauria

Family
  
Scincidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lankascincus is a genus of skinks, commonly known as Lanka skinks. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Species

Lankascincus Peters39 tree skink videos photos and facts Lankascincus fallax

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.

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  • 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

    • Lankascincus Lankascincus taylori The Reptile Database

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lankascincus.

    Lankascincus Mark O39Shea The Official Website

    Lankascincus Lanka Nature Summary Greer39s lankaskink Lankascincus greeri

    Lankascincus Species New to Science Herpetology 2007 Lankascincus greeri A

    References

    Lankascincus Wikipedia
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