Nessia gansi BATUWITA & EDIRISINGHE, 2017
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Nessia gansi
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Nessia gansi BATUWITA & EDIRISINGHE 2017 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Mount Rumaswala, near Galle, 06°01’N, 80°14’E, ~10 m (elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMSL (= WHT) 7585 (adult male) Paratypes: NMSL (= WHT) 2018, (1 male), 62.0 mm SVL, Panagula, 06°02’N, 80°23’E, 60 m; NMSL (= WHT) 2329 (1 sub-adult female), 42.0 mm SVL, Richmond Hill, Galle, 06o03’N, 80°12’E; 15 m; NMSL NMSL (= WHT) 7649 (1 female), 67.0 mm SVL, Imaduwa, 06°02’N, 80°23’E, 60 m; NMSL (= WHT) 7650 (1 male) 68.0 mm SVL, Kanneliya Forest Reserve, Udugama, 06°25’N, 80°27’E, 150 m; NMSL NMSL (= WHT) 7651, (1 male), 64.0 mm SVL, same location data as above; NMSL (= WHT) 7652, (1 male), 65.0 mm SVL, Ambalangoda, 06°02’N, 80°23’E, 20 m. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Nessia gansi sp. n. differs from all other congeners except N. burtonii, by the combination of the following characters: presence of four limbs (vs. no limbs in N. deraniyagalae, N. hikanala and N. layardi; in having two hind-limbs in N. bipes, N. sarasinorum); three digits in each forelimb and hind-limb (vs. no digits in each forelimb and hind-limb in N. monodactyla, two digits in each forelimb and hind-limb in N. didactyla); interparietal broader than frontal (vs. interparietal narrower than frontal in N. sarasinorum). It distinguishes from Nessia burtonii by having five (vs. six) supraciliaries; one (vs. two) pretemporal/s; two (vs. one) primary temporal/s; three (vs. four) infralabials; 93-105 (vs. 110-124) paravertebral scale rows; 103-114 (vs. 117-121) ventral scales; two (vs. three) subdigital lamellae under each digit of menus; mental as wide as postmental (vs. mental wider than postmental), and nostrils visible when viewed ventrally (vs. not visible). Nessia gansi sp. n. is distinguished from Chalcidoseps thwaitesii (Günther) by having three digits in each forelimb and in hind-limb (vs. four digits in each forelimb and hind-limb), first pair of chin shields separated medially by a single scale (vs. in contact medially) and interparietal broader than frontal (vs. interparietal narrower than frontal). |
| Comment | Synonymy: the species was found in the National Museum Sri Lanka but previously confused with Nessia burtonii. |
| Etymology | Named in honour of Carl Gans (September 7, 1923-November 30, 2009), American herpetologist. |
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