Lankascincus

Lankascincus is a genus of skinks, commonly known as lanka skinks. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Species[]

The genus Lankascincus comprises ten species.

Lankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950) - Deignan's tree skink
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (W. Peters, 1860) - Peters's tree skink
Lankascincus gansi Greer, 1991 - Gans's tree skink, Gans's lankaskink
Lankascincus megalops (Annandale, 1906)
Lankascincus merrill Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, & Wickramasinghe, 2020 - Merrill's lanka skink
Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka, & Amarasinghe, 2020 - Sameera's lanka skink
Lankascincus sripadensis Wickramasinghe et al., 2007 - Sripada forest skink
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854) - Ceylon tree skink
Lankascincus taylori Greer, 1991 - Taylor's tree skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lankascincus.

Greer AE (1991). "Lankascincus, a New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species". J. Herpetology 25 (1): 59–64. JSTOR 1564795
Butawita S, Pethiyagoda R (2007). "Description of a new species of litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus)". Ceylon J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 36 (2): 80–87. doi:10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482

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