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Nessia

(Nessia sarasinorum)

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Description

Nessia sarasinorum,commonly known as Sarasins' snake skink or Müller's nessia,is a species of skink,which is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.Body slender and of equal girth,from head to tail.Snout acute,and short.Fronto-nasal shorter and broader than frontal.Lower eyelid scaly.Midbody scale rows 22.Pre-anals distinctly enlarged.Anterior limbs missing.Each posterior limb reduced to a bud.Dorsum light brown or bluish gray.Individual scales with darker patches.Ventrally lighter.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Nessia
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