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Taxonomy of the genus Nessia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Nessia (Singalese Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Nessia in general

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. The limbless lizards of Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) 3: 25-26.

Silva, A. de; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Goonewardene, S.; Drake, J.; Balsubramaniam, A.; Rajendran, C.; Pathmadevan, V.; Fernando, M.; Sureskumar, K. 2005. Notes on Nessia species inhabiting the Knuckles Massif with special reference to Nessia bipes Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Scincidae): the dominant snake skink. Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 115-123.

Nessia bipes

Silva, A. de; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Goonewardene, S.; Drake, J.; Balsubramaniam, A.; Rajendran, C.; Pathmadevan, V.; Fernando, M.; Sureskumar, K. 2005. Notes on Nessia species inhabiting the Knuckles Massif with special reference to Nessia bipes Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Scincidae): the dominant snake skink. Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 115-123.

Nessia gansi

Batuwita, S.; Edirisinghe, U. 2017. Nessia gansi: a second three-toed snake-skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with the designation of a neotype for Nessia burtonii Gray. Travaux du Muse´um National d’Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa' 60(1): 377–388.

Nessia hickanala

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1940. A new apodal lizard, Nessia hickanala, from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 152(1): 37-39.

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1960. Some osteological characters of the apodal skink Anguinicephalus hickanala Deraniyagala. Spolia Zeylanica 29: 29-32.

Nessia layardi

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1932. Herpetological Notes. Ceylon Journal of Science (B) 17: 44-55.

Nessia monodactyla

Ukuwela, K. 2009. Life history traits of three Sri Lankan Scincidae, with special reference to the reproductive seasonality of Lankascincus fallax. Hamadryad 34(1): 171-174.

Nessia sarasinorum

Silva, A. de; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Goonewardene, S.; Drake, J.; Balsubramaniam, A.; Rajendran, C.; Pathmadevan, V.; Fernando, M.; Sureskumar, K. 2005. Notes on Nessia species inhabiting the Knuckles Massif with special reference to Nessia bipes Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Scincidae): the dominant snake skink. Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 115-123.