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Gans' Nessia
Nessia gansi
Nessia gansi, also known commonly as Gans's three-toed snake skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.
From the article Nessia gansi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
N. gansi has the following characters. The midbody scales are in 22-26 rows. The ventral scales number 103-114. There are 93-105 paravertebral dorsal scales. The snout is acutely pointed. There are four limbs, and each limb has three digits. The dorsum is dark brown, with each dorsal scale having a distinct posterior dark spot, and the venter is dusky brown.
Range & habitat
N. gansi is restricted to low-land wet zones up to 100 m (330 ft). Known localities include Ambalangoda, Kanneliya Forest Reserve, Kottawa, Mount Rumaswala, Imaduwa and Kottawa.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and distribution”
What it does
N. gansi prefers damp forests or home gardens. In home gardens, it is found in loose soil, in leaf debris, close to rubbish heaps.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 606505.