| Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Dasia |
| Species: | D. griffini |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasia griffini Taylor, 1915 |
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Dasia griffini, commonly known as Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink, is a species of tree skink endemic to central and northern Palawan and southern Mindoro in the Philippines.[1][2] Dasia griffini is an arboreal lizard. It is found on tree trunks or aerial ferns 7 to 28 metres (23 to 92 ft) above the ground. They inhabit dipterocarp primary forests. More rarely, they are also found in coastal forests and scrubland.[1]
Dasia griffini belongs to the genus Dasia.[3] It is classified under the subfamily Lygosominae of the skink family Scincidae.[4]
Dasia griffini is threatened by logging activities in their habitats.[1]