Toeless snake skink, One-toed nessia
The toeless snake skink, (Nessia monodactyla ) also known as the one-toed nessia, is a species of skink endemic to island of Sri Lanka.
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withMidbody scales rows 26-28. Body is slender and of equal girth, from head to tail. Snout short and obtuse. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. Limbs lacking digits.Dorsum brown, dark or gray black.
Widely distributed in the wet climatic zones from 400-1500m, and known localities include Kandy, Nawalapitiya, Deniyaya, and Peradeniya.
2 eggs are laid in loose soil.