Lankascincus sameerai

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: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Lankascincus
Species: Lankascincus sameerai

Name

Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe, 2020: 108

• Holotype: WHT 6720, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Bahir & S. Nanayakkara on 14 January 1999.
• Type locality: “Morningside (6°24' N, 80°36' E, alt. 1000 m a.s.l.), Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Lankascincus sameerai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sameera’s Lanka-skink