Lankascincus fallax

Lankascincus fallax

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 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

Lankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860)

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

Combinations

• Lygosoma fallax Peters, 1860: 184 [original combination]
• Sphenomorphus fallax — Taylor, 1950: 501 [subsequent combination]
• Lankascincus fallax— Greer, 1991: 60 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• 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

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1860. Verzeichnis der v. Schmarda aus Ceylon gesammelten Amphibien, und Beschr. d. neuen Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1860: 182–186. BHL
• Annandale, N. 1906. New and interesting lizards in the Colombo Museum. Spolia Zeylanica 3: 189–192. BHL
• 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. 
• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Lankascincus fallax. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 Deecember 2022.
• Karunarathna, S., Ukuwela, K. & Kannishka, S. 2021. IUCN: Lankascincus fallax  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197213A123312077. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197213A123312077.en. Accessed on 21 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Peters' Tree Skink