Dasia johnsinghi HARIKRISHNAN, VASUDEVAN, DE SILVA, DEEPAK, KAR, NANIWADEKAR, LALREMRUATA, PRASOONA & AGGARWAL, 2012
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Dasia johnsinghi
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Barred tree skink |
| Synonym | Dasia johnsinghi HARIKRISHNAN, VASUDEVAN, DE SILVA, DEEPAK, KAR, NANIWADEKAR, LALREMRUATA, PRASOONA & AGGARWAL 2012 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Servalar, Kani Kudi (latitude N 8.65354°, longitude E 77.31387°; WGS 84 datum) in a riverine forest habitat, Mundanthurai plateau, Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZSI (ZSIC) 25946, adult male, collected on January 25, 2005 by the second author (KV). Paratype. BNHS = BNHM 1391 Collected from Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the riverine forest of Tamaraparani River in Mundanthurai, in the southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. The specimen was col- lected on August 18, 1984 by Justus Joshua and deposited by A. J. T. Johnsingh. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The specimens are placed in the genus Dasia Gray, 1839 on account of possession of the following characters: palatal notch not extending forwards to between the front of the eyes; eyelids well developed; lower eyelid scaly; nostril within the nasal; supranasals present; prefrontals, frontoparietals and interparietal distinct; ear opening small and tympanum sunk. The new species is characterized by the following combination of characters: second pair of genials widely separated from each other; a single large anterior temporal in contact with supralabials and parietal; vertical slit- like ear opening with a projecting flap-like scale on its anterior inner border; 17 or 18 subdigital lamellae under fourth toe; scales on posterior dorsal body strongly keeled; body colour greenish brown with seven or eight broken, narrow, black cross-bands, each of which is one scale wide and spotted with white; no cross-bands on the neck which has two dorsal and two lateral black stripes; dorsal stripes start on the frontal shield and extend backward up to 13th vertebral scale; lateral stripes starting on the posterior part of anterior loreal and extend backward to the same level as the dorsal stripes [HARIKRISHNAN et al. 2012]. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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