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Ceylonese Dasia

Skinks & Lacertids

Dasia haliana

Basic stats

Habitat

Arboreal

Range

Endemic to Sri Lanka

Size

Snout–vent about 8cm

The Ceylonese dasia, also called Haly's tree skink, is the only arboreal skink in Sri Lanka. It was long thought to occur also in the Western Ghats, but taxonomic studies showed it to be a Sri Lankan endemic, distinct from the Indian Dasia subcaeruleum. It has a snout-vent length of about 8 cm and differs from its relatives in having fewer scale rows at midbody (22 to 24) and an enlarged pair of vertebral scale rows. The snout is pointed and the dorsal scales have three or five blunt keels (Wikipedia, general species account).

No ecology was found in the source read, and no national Red List category was found.

Quick answers

What habitat does the Ceylonese Dasia live in?
Arboreal
Where is the Ceylonese Dasia found?
Endemic to Sri Lanka
How big is the Ceylonese Dasia?
Snout–vent about 8cm
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