Lygosoma singha (TAYLOR, 1950)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Lygosominae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Riopa singhum TAYLOR 1950 Riopa singha — TAYLOR 1953 Lygosoma singha — DAS 1996: 46 Lygosoma singha — SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009
Distribution	Sri Lanka Type locality: Trincomali, Sri Lanka
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: USNM 29411
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Ganesh, S.R. 2017. On the poorly-known White-spotted Skink Lygosoma albopunctatum (Gray, 1846) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with further topotypical records and notes on the type locality. JoTT 9 (9): 10662–10668 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Somaweera, R. & Somaweera, N. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 pp. Taylor, E.H. 1953. A review of the lizards of Ceylon. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 35 (12): 1525-1585 - get paper here Taylor, Edward H. 1950. Ceylones lizards of the family Scincidae. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (2): 481-518 - get paper here Ziesmann, S.; Klaas, P.& Janzen, P. 2007. Von Skinken und anderen Echsen [Sri Lankas]. Draco 7 (30): 18-23 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Lygosoma singha - Data Deficient, DD Google images

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