Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Scincoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Dasia
Species: Dasia johnsinghi
Name
- Dasia johnsinghi Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, De Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal, 2012
- Holotype: ZSIC 25946, adult male, collected on January 25, 2005 by the second author (KV).
- Type locality: Servalar, Kani Kudi (latitude N 8.65354°, longitude E 77.31387°; WGS 84 datum) in a riverine forest habitat, Mundanthurai plateau, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Etymology: Named after Dr. Asir Jawahar Thomas Johnsingh, who deposited the paratype in the collection of Bombay Natural History Society and has made numerous valuable contributions to natural history studies in India.