Lankascincus
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Scincoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Lankascincus
Species (9):
L. deignani –
L. dorsicatenatus –
L. fallax –
L. gansi –
L. merrill –
L. sameerai –
L. sripadensis –
L. taprobanensis –
L. taylori
Name
editLankascincus Greer, 1991: 59
- Type species: Lygosoma fallax Peters, 1860, by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Greer, A.E. 1991. Lankascincus, a new genus of scincid lizards from Sri Lanka, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Herpetology 25(1): 59–64.DOI: 10.2307/1564795
Additional references
edit- Austin, C.C., Das, I. & de Silva, A. 2004. Higher-level molecular phylogenetic relationships of the endemic genus Lankascincus from Sri Lanka based on nuclear DNA sequences. Lyriocephalus 5(1–2): 11–22. Reference page.
- Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. Description of new species of Sri Lankan Litter Skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus). Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 36(2): 80–87. DOI: 10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482 Reference page.
- Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Rodrigo, R., Dayawansa, N. & Jayantha, U.L.D. 2007. Two new species of Lankascincus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sripada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1612(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1612.1.1 Reference page.
- Batuwita, S. 2019. A review of the endemic genus Lankascincus (Reptilia : Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(3): 211–262. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ38.1 Reference page.
- Kanishka, A.S., Danushka, A.D. & Amarasinghe, A.A.T. 2020. A new species of Lankascincus Greer, 1991 (Reptilia : Scincidae) with an overview of the L. gansi group. Taprobanica 9(1): 103–119. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.225 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
- Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2020. A new species of Lankascincus Greer, 1991 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Rakwana hills of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 9(1): 23–30. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.218 Reference page.
- Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Danushka, A.D., Kanishka, A.S., Campbell, P.D., Ineich, I., Hallermann, J. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2022. Lygosoma megalops Annandale, 1906 (Squamata, Scincidae): a junior synonym of Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860). Bionomina 26(1): 50–58. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.26.1.4 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lankascincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 December 2022.