| Dasia nicobarensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Dasia |
| Species: | D. nicobarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasia nicobarensis Biswas & Sanyal, 1977 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dasia nicobariensis | |
Dasia nicobarensis, the Nicobar tree skink or Nicobar dasia, is a species of arboreal skink found in the Nicobar Islands of India.
Distribution
Types: ZSI 23211 (holotype), "Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W. of Teetop Guest House, Car Nicobar" (09°10′N; 92°47′E, in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India); ZSI 23212 (paratype), "Circuit House, Malacea (= Malacca), Car Nicobar" (in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India).
Dasia nicobarensis is known from the Nicobar Islands. Its presence in the Andaman Islands is uncertain.
Description
The type series consists of two specimens of unspecified sex measuring 96–98 mm (3.8–3.9 in) in snout–vent length.
References
- Mohapatra, P.; Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "Dasia nicobarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T202874A2757507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202874A2757507.en.
- ^ Biswas, S. & Sanyal, D. P. (1977). "A new species of skink of the genus Dasia Gray 1889 from Car Nicobar Islands, India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 74: 133–136.
- ^ Dasia nicobarensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 August 2020.
- Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43–77
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| Dasia nicobarensis | |
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