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Ceylon Tree Skink

Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lankascincus taprobanensis
Species recognized by wikipedia VI, Sri Lanka Species List, wikipedia EU, Hone et al 2013, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Lankascincus taprobanensis Kelaart 1854
Recognized by ReptileDB
Sphenomorphus taprobanense Taylor 1953
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Eumeces taprobanensis
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Lankascincus taprobanensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, and iNaturalist data coverage
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sphenomorphus striatopunctatum
Species recognized by wikipedia FR and wikipedia EN

Alternative Names

Eumeces taprobanensis Kelaart 1854
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lankascincus munindradasai
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanense Smith 1937
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanensis Deraniyagala 1931
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lygosoma taprobanense Boulenger 1887
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sphenomorphus striatopunctatum
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Sphenomorphus striatopunctulatus Mittleman 1952
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sphenomorphus taprobanense Taylor 1953
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Eumeces taprobanensis Kelaart 1854
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Lankascincus taprobanensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Lygosoma punctatolineatum Boulenger 1907
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Lygosoma striatopunctatum
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lygosoma striatopunctatum Ahl 1925
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Lygosoma taprobanense
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Lygosoma taprobanense Boulenger 1887
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) punctatolineatus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) punctatolineatus Deraniyagala 1931
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) striatopunctatum
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) striatopunctatum Smith 1937
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanense
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanense Smith 1937
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanensis Deraniyagala 1931
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sphenomorphus striatopunctulatus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Sphenomorphus striatopunctulatus Mittleman 1952
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sphenomorphus taprobanense
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Sphenomorphus taprobanense Taylor 1953
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Eumeces
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Eumeces taprobanensis Kelaart 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Eumeces taprobanensis Kelaart 1854
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lankascincus munindradasai
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lankascincus munindradasai Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lankascincus munindradasai Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanense Smith 1937
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taprobanensis Deraniyagala 1931
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lygosoma punctatolineatum Boulenger 1907
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lygosoma striatopunctatum Ahl 1925
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lygosoma taprobanense Boulenger 1887
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sphenomorphus striatopunctatum
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sphenomorphus striatopunctatum (Ahl 1925)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Sphenomorphus striatopunctulatus Mittleman 1952
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sphenomorphus taprobanense Taylor 1953
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Common Names

English

Ceylon Tree Skink preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB and Wikidata Common Names
Ceylon tree skink
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Smooth Lanka Skink
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Lankascincus Greer 1991
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007
Lankascincus megalops (Annandale 1906)
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Ristellidae
Lankascincus
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus merrill Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe 2020
Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe 2020
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007
Lankascincus megalops (Annandale 1906)
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Lankascincus
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus deraniyagalae Greer 1991
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007
Lankascincus munindradasai Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007
Lankascincus megalops (Annandale 1906)
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Lankascincus Greer 1991
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus deraniyagalae Greer 1991
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus greeri Batuwita & Pethiyagoda 2007
Lankascincus munindradasai Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus samoense
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Autarchoglossa
Scincidae Oppel 1811
Sphenomorphinae Welch 1982
Lankascincus Greer 1991
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Lankascincus deignani (Taylor 1950)
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala 1953)
Lankascincus fallax (Peters 1860)
Lankascincus gansi Greer 1991
Lankascincus megalops (Annandale 1906)
Lankascincus merrill Mendis Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe 2020
Lankascincus sameerai Kanishka, Danushka & Amarasinghe 2020
Lankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha 2007
Lankascincus taylori Greer 1991

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Lankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart 1854) (this page)
Acontias parietalis (Broadley 1990)
Asymblepharus ladacensis (Günther 1864)
Asymblepharus mahabharatus Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov 1998
Asymblepharus nepalensis Eremchenko & Helfenberger 1998
Asymblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth 1854)
Asymblepharus tragbulensis (Alcock 1898)
Brachymeles apus Hikida 1982
Carlia leucotaenia (Bleeker 1860)
Carlia nigrauris Zug 2010
Carlia peronii (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Carlia sukur Zug & Kaiser 2014
Cryptoblepharus ahli Mertens 1928
Cryptoblepharus aldabrae (Sternfeld 1918)
Cryptoblepharus balinensis Barbour 1911
Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger 1913)
Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn 1927
Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld 1918)
Cryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger 1881)
Cryptoblepharus cursor Barbour 1911
Cryptoblepharus keiensis (Roux 1910)
Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus (Günther 1874)
Cryptoblepharus schlegelianus Mertens 1928
Cryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld 1918)
Dasia johnsinghi Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, De Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal 2012
Eremiascincus antoniorum (Smith 1927)
Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi 1993)
Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude 1895)
Eutropis longicaudata (Hallowell 1857)
Eutropis macrophthalma (Mausfeld & Böhme 2002)
Eutropis quadratilobus (Bauer & Günther 1992)
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg 1916
Jarujinia bipedalis Chan-Ard, Makchai & Cota 2011
Lamprolepis leucosticta (Müller 1923)
Leiolopisma mauritiana (Günther 1877)
Leiolopisma telfairii (Desjardin 1831)
Lerista allanae (Longmann 1937)
Lerista vittata Greer, McDonald & Lawrie 1983
Lipinia inconspicua (Müller 1894)
Panaspis duruarum (Monard 1949)
Panaspis seydeli (De Witte 1933)
Plestiodon chinensis (Gray 1838)
Plestiodon coreensis (Doi & Kamita 1937)
Plestiodon liui (Hikida & Zhao 1989)
Plestiodon popei (Hikida 1989)
Plestiodon tamdaoensis (Bourret 1937)
Plestiodon tunganus (Stejneger 1924)
Scincella barbouri (Stejneger 1925)
Scincella capitanea Ouboter 1986
Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh 1912)
Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang 1982
Scincella modesta (Günther 1864)
Scincella ochracea (Bourret 1937)
Scincella potanini (Günther 1896)
Scincella przewalskii (Bedriaga 1912)
Scincella reevesii (Gray 1838)
Scincella rufocaudata (Darevsky & Nguyen Van Sang 1983)
Scincella schmidti (Barbour 1927)
Scincella tsinlingensis (Hu & Zhao 1966)
Sphenomorphus capitolythos Shea & Michels 2009
Sphenomorphus celebensis (Müeller 1894)
Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters & Doria 1878)
Sphenomorphus courcyanus (Annandale 1912)
Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson 1912)
Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth 1853)
Sphenomorphus malayanus (Doria 1888)
Sphenomorphus necopinatus (Brongersma 1942)
Sphenomorphus nigrolabris (Günther 1873)
Sphenomorphus puncticentralis Iskandar 1994
Sphenomorphus sabanus Inger 1958
Sphenomorphus sananus (Kopstein 1926)
Sphenomorphus sanctus (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Sphenomorphus sarasinorum (Boulenger 1897)
Sphenomorphus schlegeli (Dunn 1927)
Sphenomorphus striolatus (Weber 1890)
Sphenomorphus tonkinensis Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme & Ziegler 2011
Sphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma 1942)
Sphenomorphus zimmeri (Ahl 1933)
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters 1862)
Trachylepis adamastor Ceriaco 2015
Trachylepis capensis (Gray 1830)
Trachylepis depressa (Peters 1854)
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters 1867)
Trachylepis punctulata (Bocage 1872)
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens 1954)
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters 1882)
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters 1867)
Trachylepis variegata (Peters 1870)
Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale 1912
Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota 2003
Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth 1853)
Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen 1992
Tropidophorus hainanus Smith 1923
Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude 1905
Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour 1921
Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger 1886
Tytthoscincus aesculeticola (Inger, Lian, Lakin & Yambun 2001)
Tytthoscincus hallieri (Lidth de Jeude 1905)
Tytthoscincus parvus (Boulenger 1897)
Tytthoscincus temmincki (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Tytthoscincus textus (Müller 1894)
917 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincogekkonomorpha
Scleroglossa
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Lygosominae
Lankascincus
Lankascincus taprobanensis (this page)
Lankascincus deignani
Lankascincus deraniyagalae
Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
Lankascincus fallax
Lankascincus gansi
Lankascincus greeri
Lankascincus merrill
Lankascincus munindradasai
Lankascincus sameerai
Lankascincus sripadensis
Lankascincus taylori
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