Nessia deraniyagalai

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: Scincinae
Genus: Nessia
Species: Nessia deraniyagalai

Name

Nessia deraniyagalai Taylor, 1950: 516

• Holotype: FMNH 178287 (formerly EHT-HMS 30059), ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor on 24 October 1944.
• Type locality: “16 mi. N Trincomalee near shore, on small hillock at an elevation of about ten meters”.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1950. Ceylonese Lizards of the Family Scincidae. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 pt. II(13): 481–518. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ukuwela, K. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Nessia deraniyagalai  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197205A123312037. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197205A123312037.en. Accessed on 24 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Deraniyagala's Snake Skink