Dasia griffini

Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Dasia
Species:	D. griffini
Binomial name
Dasia griffini Taylor, 1915

Dasia griffini, commonly known as Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink, is a species of tree skink endemic to central and northern Palawan and southern Mindoro in the Philippines.^[1][2] Dasia griffini is an arboreal lizard. It is found on tree trunks or aerial ferns 7 to 28 metres (23 to 92 ft) above the ground. They inhabit dipterocarp primary forests. More rarely, they are also found in coastal forests and scrubland.^[1]

Dasia griffini belongs to the genus Dasia.^[3] It is classified under the subfamily Lygosominae of the skink family Scincidae.^[4]

Dasia griffini is threatened by logging activities in their habitats.^[1]

See also

• List of threatened species of the Philippines

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} R. Brown, J. Dimalibot & E.L. Rico (2007). Dasia griffini. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1.
2. ^ Cameron Siler. "Known distribution of Dasia griffini in the Philippines". Biodiversity Research & Education Outreach, Philippines. http://philbreo.lifedesks.org/node/487. 
3. ^ Robert F. Inger & Walter C. Brown (1980). "Species of the Scincid Genus Dasia Gray". Fieldiana Zoology (Field Museum of Natural History) New Series (3): 1–11. ISSN 0015-9754. http://ia600407.us.archive.org/25/items/speciesofscincid03inge/speciesofscincid03inge.pdf. 
4. ^ Peter Uetz, Jakob Hallermann, and Jiri Hosek. "Dasia griffini TAYLOR, 1915". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dasia&species=griffini.