Dasia olivacea

Dasia olivacea
Olive Dasia
Dasia olivacea
from Merangin, Jambi, Indonesia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Dasia
Species: D. olivacea
Binomial name
Dasia olivacea
(Gray, 1839)

Olive Dasia or Olive Tree Skink Dasia olivacea is a species of skink.

Distribution

India: Nicobar Islands, Philippine I, Natuna I, Singapore, Myanmar (= Burma) (Tenasserim), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia (Pahang: Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Sibu), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Pulau Simeulue, Nias, Singkep, Sembilan Islands, Java) Type locality: Prince of Wales' Island (= Pulau Pinang, West Malaysia).

References

  • Gray, J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293)
  • Greer, Allen Eddy, Jr. 1970 The Relationships of the Skinks Referred to the Genus Dasia. Breviora 348:1-30
  • Grossmann, W. 2002 Haltung und Zucht des Braunen Baumskinks Dasia grisea (Gray 1845) und weitere Angaben zur NAchzucht des Olivfarbenen Baumskinks Dasia olivacea Gray 1839. Sauria 24 (4): 35-46
  • Inger, R.F. & Brown, W.C. 1980 Species of the scincid genus Dasia Gray. Fieldiana Zool. 3: 1-11