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Dasia (genus)
Encyclopedia
Dasia, commonly known as tree skinks or Dasias, is a genus
of skink
s found in Asia
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
s found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Classification
Genus Dasia- Dasia griffiniDasia griffiniDasia griffini, commonly known as Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink, is a species of tree skink endemic to central and northern Palawan and southern Mindoro in the Philippines. Dasia griffini is an arboreal lizard. It is found on tree trunks or aerial ferns above the ground. They inhabit...
- Griffin's Dasia - Dasia grisea - Grey Dasia
- Dasia halianaDasia halianaTree Skink Dasia haliana is a species of tree skink found in the southern Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.-Description:This arboreal skink, about 8 cm long, in the genus Dasia is distinct from all other sister species in having a smaller number of scale rows at the mid-body and an enlarged set of...
- Ceylonese Dasia - Dasia nicobarensisDasia nicobarensisDasia nicobarensis is a species of arboreal skink found in the Nicobar Islands of India.-Distribution:Types: ZSI 23211 , "Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W...
- Dasia olivaceaDasia olivaceaOlive Dasia or Olive Tree Skink Dasia olivacea is a species of skink.-Distribution:India: Nicobar Islands, Philippine I, Natuna I, Singapore,...
- Olive Dasia - Dasia semicincta - Peter's Dasia
- Dasia subcaeruleaDasia subcaeruleaBoulenger's Dasia Dasia subcaerulea is a species of tree skink found in south India.-References:* Boulenger,G.A. 1891 On new or little known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 8: 288-292...
- Boulenger's Dasia - Dasia smaragdina, - Green Dasia