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Taxonomic status of the arboreal Skink Lizard Dasia halianus (Haly & Nevill, 1887) in Sri Lanka and the redescription of Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger, 1891) from India

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Wickramasinghe, L. J. M., Wickramasinghe, N., Kariyawasam, L. (2011): Taxonomic status of the arboreal Skink Lizard Dasia halianus (Haly & Nevill, 1887) in Sri Lanka and the redescription of Dasia subcaeruleum (Boulenger, 1891) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (8): 1961-1974, DOI: 10.11609/jott.o2300.1961-74, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.o2300.1961-74

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