Lankascincus fallax

Lankascincus fallax

Taxonavigation

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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
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Lankascincus
Species: Lankascincus fallax

Name

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Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860)

  • Syntypes: ZMB 3762 and ZMB 64361.
  • Type locality: “Ratnapura, Trinkomalie”, Sri Lanka.

Combinations

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  • Lygosoma fallax Peters, 1860: 184 [original combination]
  • Sphenomorphus fallaxTaylor, 1950: 501 [subsequent combination]
  • Lankascincus fallaxGreer, 1991: 60 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • Lygosoma megalops Annandale, 1906: 190 [synonymised by Amarasinghe et al. (2022: 56)]
    • Syntypes (n=2): Unknown.
    • Type locality: “Kitulgala” and “Puttalam”, Sri Lanka.
  • Sphenomorphus rufogulus Taylor, 1950: 504 [synonymised by Greer (1991: 60)]
    • Holotype: FMNH 120229 (former EHT-HMS No. 30229), collected by E.H. Taylor in September 1944.
    • Type locality: “12 mi. N of Trincomalee, Ceylon”.
  • Lankascincus deraniyagalae Greer, 1991: 62 [synonymised by Batuwita (2019: 219)]
    • Holotype: BMNH 95.7.23.28C, collected by E.E. Green.
    • Type locality: “Punduloya, Ceylon”.

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Peters' Tree Skink