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Abstract
A comparative study of Dasia halianus in India and Sri Lanka is discussed. Indian specimens of “D. halianus†are in fact referable to D. subcaeruleum. D. halianus is again considered a Sri Lankan endemic.
Highlights
By 2001 a total of 84 species of scincid lizards belonging to 19 genera were recognized in South Asia, 62 in India and 27 in Sri Lanka, with seven species common to both (Das 2001)
Preserved specimens were examined in the Colombo National Museum of Sri Lanka (NMSL), (The specimen in the best condition was selected for the description), Bombay Natural History Society collection (BNHS) and The Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH), as part of a study carried out, by the Sri Lankan Herpetological Foundation, for the non-endemic Saurian species in Sri Lanka
Dasia halianus was introduced to science as Euprepes halianus Haly & Nevill, 1887, from the type localities Henarathgoda and Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and type material deposited in the NMSL (Haly & Nevill 1887) (Appendix 1)
Summary
By 2001 a total of 84 species of scincid lizards belonging to 19 genera were recognized in South Asia, 62 in India and 27 in Sri Lanka, with seven species common to both (Das 2001). Two species from Sri Lanka, Sphenomorphus rufogularis Taylor, 1950, and S. striatopunktatus Ahei, 1856, were synonymised with Lankaskincus fallax (Peters, 1860), and L. taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854), respectively, reducing the total number of species to 86 (Greer 1991; Wickramasinghe et al 2007). Skinks found in both countries are as follows, Dasia halianus (Haly & Nevill in Nevill 1887), Lygosoma punctata (Gmelin, 1799), Eutropis bedomi (Jerdon, 1870), E. bibroni (Gray, 1839), E. carinata (Schneider, 1801), E. macularia (Blyth, 1835), and Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839). Without any evidence, Das & de Silva (2005) provided a list where they
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