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Latest revision as of 03:29, 18 December 2025
Species of lizard
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus, also known as the catenated lankaskink,[3][4] is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.[2]
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.[1]
The preferred natural habitat of L. dorsicatenatus is forest.[1]
L. dorsicatenatus is oviparous. Clutch size is one egg.[1]
- 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.
