Lankascincus

Lankascincus
Lankascincus gansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Sphenomorphinae
Genus:	Lankascincus Greer, 1991 [1]

Lankascincus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as lanka skinks and tree skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Species

The genus Lankascincus comprises nine species.

• Lankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950) – Deignan's tree skink
• Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953)
• Lankascincus fallax (W. Peters, 1860) – Peters's tree skink
• Lankascincus gansi Greer, 1991 – Gans's tree skink, Gans's lankaskink
• Lankascincus merrill L. Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & N. Wickramasinghe, 2020 – Merrill's lanka skink
• Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe, 2020 – Sameera's lanka skink
• Lankascincus sripadensis L. Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha, 2007 – Sripada forest skink
• Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854) – Ceylon tree skink
• Lankascincus taylori Greer, 1991 – Taylor's tree skink

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

References

1. Genus Lankascincus at 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". Journal of Herpetology25 (1): 59–64. JSTOR   1564795.
• Batuwita S, Pethiyagoda R (2007). "Description of a new species of litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus)". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences)36 (2): 80–87. doi : 10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482. (Lankascincus greeri, new species).