title: Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
text: # Lankascincus dorsicatenatus
  
  Lankascincus dorsicatenatus, also known as the catenated lankaskink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  L. dorsicatenus was originally placed in the “wastebasket taxon” Sphenomorphus, but was later moved to the genus Lankascincus, which is a genus of skinks endemic to Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  L. dorsicatenatus is found in southwestern Sri Lanka, the wet zone.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of L. dorsicatenatus is forest.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  L. dorsicatenatus is oviparous. Clutch size is one egg.
  
  