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    Species Accepted

    Nessia bipes Smith, 1935

    Smith's snake skink

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      4 results
      Smith's snake skink English
      Two-legged Nessia English
      Two-legged Snake Skink English
      Двуногая нессия Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Taylor, Edward H. (1950). Ceylones lizards of the family Scincidae. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (2): 481-518.
      Das, Indraneil, & Abhijit Das. (2017). A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 Pp.
      Somaweera, R., & Somaweera, N. (2009). Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 Pp.
      de Silva, Anslem, A. Bauer, C. C. Austin, S. Goonewardene, J. Drake, A. Balasubramaniam, C. Rajendran, V. Pathmadevan, M. Fernando and K. Sureskumar. (2005). Notes on Nessia species inhabiting the Knuckles massif with special reference to Nessia bipes Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Scincidae): the dominant snake skink. Lyriocephalus (Special Issue) 6(1-2):115-123.
      Somarathna, & Lankani. (2026). Catalogue of wet preserved Skinks specimens deposited in the Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka. Conference Paper.
      Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1934). Some new fossorial skinks of Ceylon. Ceylon J. Sci. B, Xviii: 231-233.
      Smith, M. A. (1935). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 Pp.

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