Dasia nicobarensis

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Dasia nicobarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Dasia
Species: D. nicobarensis
Binomial name
Dasia nicobarensis
Biswas & Sanyal, 1977

Dasia nicobarensis is a species of arboreal skink found in the Nicobar Islands of India.

[edit] Distribution

Types: ZSI 23211 (holotype), "Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W. of Teetop Guest House, Car Nicobar" (09º 10'N; 92º 47'E, in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India); ZSI 23212 (paratype), "Circuit House, Malacea (= Malacca), Car Nicobar" (in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India).

[edit] References

  • Biswas, S. & D. P. SAanyal 1977 A new species of skink of the genus Dasia Gray 1889 from Car Nicobar Isl. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74:133-136.
  • Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77

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