Dasia haliana

Haly's tree skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Dasia
Species:
D. haliana
Binomial name
Dasia haliana
(Nevill in Haly & Nevill, 1887)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Euprepes halianus
    Nevill in Haly & Nevill, 1887
  • Theconyx halianus
    — Annandale, 1906
  • Lygosoma (Keneuxia) halianus
    — Deraniyagala, 1931
  • Dasia haliana
    — M.A. Smith 1935

The Haly's tree skink (Dasia haliana) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Sri Lanka. Earlier thought to be found also in the Western Ghats, taxonomic studies have shown D. haliana to be a Sri Lankan endemic, differentiated from the Indian D. subcaeruleum.[4] D. haliana is the only arboreal skink in Sri Lanka.

  1. ^ Ukuwela K, de Silva A, Karunarathna S, Samarasinghe D (2021). "Dasia haliana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.U.2021-3.RLTS.T172685A1366811.en. Accessed on 03 October 2023.
  2. ^ Chandramouli, S.R.; Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun (2015). "On some recent taxonomic advancement and the resultant problems in the arboreal skink genus Dasia Gray, 1839 (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zootaxa. 3914 (4): 495–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3914.4.9. PMID 25661958.
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  4. ^ Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Wickramasinghe, N.; L. Kariyawasam, L. (2011). "Taxonomic status of the arboreal Skink Lizard Dasia halianus (Haly & Nevill, 1887) in Sri Lanka and the redescription of Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger, 1891) from India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 3 (8): 1961–1974. doi:10.11609/jott.o2300.1961-74.