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Dasia nicobarensis

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ3005643 ↗
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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

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.

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