Dasia griffini

Dasia griffini
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Dasia
Species:	D. griffini
Binomial name
	Dasia griffini; Taylor, 1915

Last updated October 03, 2023

Dasia griffini, commonly known as Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink or Griffin's dasia, is a species of tree skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to central and northern Palawan and southern Mindoro in the Philippines.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, griffini, is in honor of American herpetologist Lawrence Edmonds Griffin (1874–1949).^[4]

Behavior and habitat

Dasia griffini is an arboreal lizard. It is found on tree trunks or aerial ferns 7 to 28 metres (23 to 92 ft) above the ground. It inhabits dipterocarp primary forests. More rarely, it is also found in coastal forests and scrubland.^[1]

Taxonomy

Dasia griffini belongs to the genus Dasia .^[5] It is classified under the subfamily Mabuyinae of the skink family Scincidae.^[2]

Conservation status

Dasia griffini is threatened by logging activities in its habitats.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Brown, R.; Dimalibot, J.; Rico, E.L. (2009). "Dasia griffini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T169806A6676223. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169806A6676223.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 Dasia griffini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.
↑ Siler, Cameron. "Known distribution of Dasia griffini in the Philippines". Biodiversity Research & Education Outreach, Philippines. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dasia griffini, p. 108).
↑ Inger, Robert F.; Brown, Walter C. (1980). "Species of the Scincid Genus Dasia Gray". Fieldiana Zoology. New Series. 3: 1–11. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.3190 .