Dasia nicobarensis

Dasia nicobarensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Dasia
Species:	D. nicobarensis
Binomial name
Dasia nicobarensis Biswas & Sanyal, 1977 [2]
Synonyms [3]
Dasia nicobariensis

Dasia nicobarensis, the Nicobar tree skink or Nicobar dasia, is a species of arboreal skink found in the Nicobar Islands of India. ^[3]

Distribution

Types: ZSI 23211 (holotype), "Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W. of Teetop Guest House, Car Nicobar" (09°10′N; 92°47′E, in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India); ZSI 23212 (paratype), "Circuit House, Malacea (= Malacca), Car Nicobar" (in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India). ^{[2] [3]}

Dasia nicobarensis is known from the Nicobar Islands. Its presence in the Andaman Islands is uncertain. ^[3]

Description

The type series consists of two specimens of unspecified sex measuring 96–98 mm (3.8–3.9 in) in snout–vent length. ^[2]

References

1. Mohapatra, P.; Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "Dasia nicobarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T202874A2757507. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202874A2757507.en .
2. Biswas, S. & Sanyal, D. P. (1977). "A new species of skink of the genus Dasia Gray 1889 from Car Nicobar Islands, India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 74: 133–136.
3. Dasia nicobarensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.

• Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43–77