''Lygosoma singha'' is a species of

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

that is endemic to the island of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Habitat and distribution

It is presumably a semi-fossorial skink endemic to Sri Lanka's north-east coast.

Ecology and diet

''Lygosoma singha'' inhabits areas under 50 metres of elevation, and its diet may include insects.

References

Lygosoma Reptiles of Sri Lanka Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Reptiles described in 1950 Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor {{Lygosominae-stub