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: Scincinae
Genus: Nessia
Species: Nessia layardi

Name

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Nessia layardi (Kelaart, 1853)

  • Syntypes: Unknown.
  • Type locality: “Soil of the Cinnamon Gardens of Colombo”.

Combinations

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  • Acontias layardi Kelaart, 1853: 104 [original combination]
  • Anguinicephalus layardiDeraniyagala, 1934 [subsequent combination]
  • Nessia layardiSmith, 1935: 359 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Layard's Nessia