Nessia Gray 1839

Nessia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.^[1] Species in the genus Nessia are commonly known as snake skinks.

Species

The following nine species are recognized as being valid:^[1]

• Nessia bipes M.A. Smith, 1935 – two-legged nessia
• Nessia burtonii Gray, 1839 – Burton's nessia
• Nessia deraniyagalai Taylor, 1950 – Deraniyagala's nessia
• Nessia didactyla (Deraniyagala, 1934) – two-toed nessia
• Nessia gansi Batuwita & Edirisinghe, 2017
• Nessia hickanala Deraniyagala, 1940 – Hickanala nessia
• Nessia layardi (Kelaart, 1853) – Layard's nessia
• Nessia monodactyla (Gray, 1839) – one-toed nessia
• Nessia sarasinorum (F. Müller, 1889) – Müller's nessia

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nessia.

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