Lankascincus deignani
Lankascincus deignani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lankascincus |
Species: | L. deignani
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Binomial name | |
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950)
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Lankascincus deignani, commonly known as Deignan's tree skink, is a species of skink endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.[1][2]
It is named for the American ornithologist Herbert Girton Deignan,[3] being originally named Sphenomorphus deignani by Kansas University's Edward H. Taylor, based on a specimen collected by Deignan from Gannoruwa Mountain on November 12, 1944.[4]
Habitat & Distribution[]
Deignan's Lanka skink is confined to the midhills, submontane, and montane forests between 600 to 1,700 m (2,000 to 5,600 ft) of elevation.[1]
Description[]
L. deignani is a rather large and robust Lanka skink.
Midbody scales rows 28. Lamellae under fourth toe counts 19–20.[2]
Dorsum olive brown. Thick dark lateral stripe, edged above by a brownish yellow stripe, and below by 3–4 gray stripes extending from edge of orbit to tail-tip. Venter cream white or pale pink. Black spots on the upper jaw.
Ecology and diet[]
Found in moist leaf litter, under stones and logs in forests.[1]
Diet comprises insects.[1]
Reproduction[]
Typically 2 eggs laid per one time.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Ukuwela, K., Kannishka, S. & Kandambi, D. (2021). "Lankascincus deignani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T157796345A123306509. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Lankascincus deignani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 October 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lankascincus deignani, p. 68).
- ^ Moonesinghe, Vinod. "The birth of the CIA". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 16 August 2012.
Further reading[]
- Taylor EH (1950). "Ceylonese Lizards of the Family Scincidae". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (13): 481-518. (Sphenomorphus deignani, new species, pp. 497–500, Figure 3).
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Lankascincus
- Reptiles of Sri Lanka
- Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
- Reptiles described in 1950
- Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor