''Lankascincus sripadensis'', also commonly known as the Sripada forest skink, is a species of

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in the

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Scincidae. The species is

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to the island of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

References

* http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lankascincus&species=sripadensis * http://eol.org/pages/23672828/overview
Two new species of Skinks from Sri Lanka
Lankascincus Reptiles described in 2007 Reptiles of Sri Lanka Taxa named by Mendis Wickramasinghe Taxa named by Roshan Rodrigo Taxa named by Nihal Dayawansa Taxa named by U. L. D. Jayantha {{Sphenomorphinae-stub