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Ceylonese Dasia
Dasia haliana (Nevill, 1887)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Haly's tree skink (Dasia haliana) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Sri Lanka. Earlier thought to be found also in the Western Ghats, taxonomic studies have shown D. haliana to be a Sri Lankan endemic, differentiated from the Indian D. subcaeruleum. D. haliana is the only arboreal skink in Sri Lanka.
Wikipedia contributors, Dasia haliana; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:47:24.507952+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dasia haliana (Nevill, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Nevill, 1887)
- Common name
- Ceylonese Dasia
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Dasia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyMabuyinae
- genusDasia
- speciesDasia haliana (Nevill, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dasia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Big Tree SkinkDasia grisea (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nicobar DasiaDasia nicobarensis Biswas & Sanyal, 1977 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' DasiaDasia semicincta (Peters, 1867) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Griffin's DasiaDasia griffini Taylor, 1915 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barred tree skinkDasia johnsinghi Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, de Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shelford's SkinkDasia vyneri (Shelford, 1905) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive DasiaDasia olivacea Gray, 1839 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's DasiaDasia subcaerulea (Boulenger, 1891) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Borneo SkinkDasia vittata (Edeling, 1865) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Euprepes halianus Nevill, 1887 Nevill, 1887 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Haly, A. & NEVILL H. in NEVILL, H. (ed.). (1887). Scincidae of Ceylon. Euprepes halianus, n. sp. Taprobanian 2: 56-57. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:346GC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.