Lankascincus

Lankascincus
Lankascincus gansi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Sphenomorphinae
Genus:	Lankascincus Greer, 1991

Lankascincus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as lanka skinks and tree skinks, in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Species

The genus Lankascincus comprises nine 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 merrill L. Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & N. Wickramasinghe, 2020 – Merrill's lanka skink
• Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe, 2020 – Sameera's lanka skink
• Lankascincus sripadensis L. Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha, 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.

External links

• 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. JSTOR 1564795.
• Batuwita S, Pethiyagoda R (2007). "Description of a new species of litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus)". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 36 (2): 80–87. doi:10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482. (Lankascincus greeri, new species).