Biology:Lankascincus munindradasai

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Munindradasa's Lanka skink
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lankascincus
Species:
L. munindradasai
Binomial name
Lankascincus munindradasai
Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha, 2007

Lankascincus munindradasai, commonly known as Munindradasa's Lanka skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.[1] [2][3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, munindradasai, is in honor of Sri Lankan naturalist D.I. Amith Munindradasa (1966–2007).[5]

References

  1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lankascincus&species=munindradasai
  2. http://eol.org/pages/23672827/names
  3. Two new species of Skinks from Sri Lanka
  4. http://www.sljol.info/index.php/CJSBS/article/viewFile/482/520
  5. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lankascincus munindradasai, p. 185).

Wikidata ☰ Q3217588 entry