Lankascincus dorsicatenatus

Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lankascincus
Species:	L. dorsicatenatus
Binomial name
	Lankascincus dorsicatenatus; (Deraniyagala, 1953)
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus ; Deraniyagala, 1953; Lankascincus dorsicatenatus ; — Greer, 1991;

Lankascincus dorsicatenatus, also known as the catenated lankaskink,^[2]^[3] is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

L. dorsicatenus was originally placed in the “wastebasket taxon” Sphenomorphus, but was later moved to the genus Lankascincus, which is a genus of skinks endemic to Sri Lanka.

^ ^a ^b Lankascincus dorsicatenatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 May 2021.
^ Ruchira Somaweera (2004–2014). "Family Scincidae (Skinks)". SriLankanReptiles.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015.
^ "Tetrapod Reptiles of Sri Lanka". Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

Two new species of Skinks from Sri Lanka
Deraniyagala PEP (1953). A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Volume 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo: Government Press. 101 pp. (Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus, new species).
Greer AE (1991). "Lankascincus, a New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three New Species". Journal of Herpetology 25 (1): 59–64.

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