Catenated Lanka Skink

About the Catenated Lanka Skink

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

L. dorsicatenatus is found in southwestern Sri Lanka, the wet zone. The preferred natural habitat of L. dorsicatenatus is forest. L. dorsicatenatus is oviparous. Clutch size is one egg. Deraniyagala PEP (1953). A Coloured Atlas of Some Vertebrates from Ceylon. Volume 2. Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo: Government Press. 101 pp. (Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus, new species).

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