title: Dasia nicobarensis
text: # Dasia nicobarensis
  
  Dasia nicobarensis, the Nicobar tree skink or Nicobar dasia, is a species of arboreal skink found in the Nicobar Islands of India.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Types: ZSI 23211 (holotype), "Coconut grove, about 2 km S.W. of Teetop Guest House, Car Nicobar" (09°10′N; 92°47′E, in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India); ZSI 23212 (paratype), "Circuit House, Malacea (= Malacca), Car Nicobar" (in the Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal, India).
  
  Dasia nicobarensis is known from the Nicobar Islands. Its presence in the Andaman Islands is uncertain.
  
  ## Description
  
  The type series consists of two specimens of unspecified sex measuring 96–98 mm (3.8–3.9 in) in snout–vent length.
  
  