Dasia johnsinghi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Dasia
Species: Dasia johnsinghi

Holotype: ZSI 25946, adult ♂, collected by K. Vasudevan on 25 January 2005.
Type locality: “Servalar, Kani Kudi (latitude N 8.65354°, longitude E 77.31387°; WGS 84 datum) in a riverine forest habitat, Mundanthurai plateau, Tamil Nadu, India”.
Etymology: Named after Dr. Asir Jawahar Thomas Johnsingh, who deposited the paratype in the collection of Bombay Natural History Society and has made numerous valuable contributions to natural history studies in India.

Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K., de Silva, A., Deepak, V., Kar, N.B., Naniwadekar, N., Lalremruata, A., Prasoona, K.R. & Aggarwal, R.K. 2012. Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India. Zootaxa 3233(1): 37–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.3 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Dasia johnsinghi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 January 2023.
Narayanan, S., Achyuthan, N.S. & Ganesh, S.R. 2021. IUCN: Dasia johnsinghi (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T102342933A102342935. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T102342933A102342935.en. Accessed on 18 January 2023.

English: Barred Tree Skink