Nessia gansi

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 gansi

Name

• Nessia gansi Batuwita & Edirisinghe, 2017: 378

Holotype: NMSL WHT 7585, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Mount Rumaswala, near Galle, 06º01’N, 80º14’E, ~10 m (elevation).”

References

Primary references

• Batuwita, S. & Edirisinghe, U. 2017. Nessia gansi: a Second Three-toed Snake-Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with the Designation of a Neotype for Nessia burtonii Gray. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 60(1): 377–388. DOI: 10.1515/travmu-2017-0001 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Nessia gansi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 December 2017.