Rare Skink Sighted In Northern Province
Ceylonese Dasia (Dasia haliana) a rare endemic skink was sighted in Northern province recently. The skink was seen by a villager who went to find wood to Omantai forest.
Species originally described from Haly & Nevill in 1887. This is the first sighting in Northern province of Sri Lanka. A stamp and coins was also issued for this species during 1979 in Sri Lanka.
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