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Dasia nicobarensis BISWAS & SANYAL, 1977

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Nikobaren-Baumskink
E: Nicobar Tree Skink, Nicobar Dasia 
SynonymDasia nicobariensis BISWAS & SANYAL 1977
Dasia nicobarensis — DAS 1996: 46 
DistributionIndia: Nicobar Islands

Type locality: ‘Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W. of Teetop Guest House, Car Nicobar’ (in the Bay of Bengal, India); ‘Circuit House, Malacea (= Malacca), Car Nicobar’ (in the Bay of Bengal, India).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 23211, "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); ZSI 23212 (paratype) 
Diagnosis 
CommentReported from (but not listed by DAS 1999 for) the Andaman Islands. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Biswas, S. & D. P. SANYAL 1977. A new species of skink of the genus Dasia GRAY 1889 from Car Nicobar Isl. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74:133-136. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp.
  • HARIKRISHNAN, S.; KARTHIKEYAN VASUDEVAN, ANSLEM DE SILVA, V. DEEPAK, NILADRI BHUSAN KAR, ROHIT NANIWADEKAR, ALBERT LALREMRUATA, K. REBEKAH PRASOONA & RAMESH K AGGARWAL 2012. Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India. Zootaxa 3233: 37–51
  • Rangasamy, V.; C. Sivaperuman, G. Gokulakrishnan, and P. Parthipan 2018. Herpetofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. in: C. Sivaperuman, K. Venkataraman (eds.), Indian Hotspots, Springer, pp: 37-56 - get paper here
  • Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
 
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