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Leschenault's Snake-Eye

Skinks & Lacertids

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Ophisops leschenaultii

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Range

India and eastern Sri Lanka

Leschenault's snake-eye, also called Leschenault's lacerta or cabrita, is a lacertid lizard native to India and eastern Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka it is called pandura katussa in Sinhala, and in some parts of the country heeraluwa or sikanala, a name used for skink-like reptiles in general (Wikipedia, general species account).

No ecology was found in the source read beyond a Boulenger scalation description. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).

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Where is the Leschenault's Snake-Eye found?
India and eastern Sri Lanka
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