Nessia

Nessia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka. Species in the genus Nessia are commonly known as snake skinks.

Species
The following nine species are recognized as being valid:
 * Nessia bipes M.A. Smith, 1935 – two-legged nessia
 * Nessia burtonii Gray, 1839 – Burton's nessia
 * Nessia deraniyagalai Taylor, 1950 – Deraniyagala's nessia
 * Nessia didactyla (Deraniyagala, 1934) – two-toed nessia
 * Nessia gansi Batuwita & Edirisinghe, 2017
 * Nessia hickanala Deraniyagala, 1940 – Hickanala nessia
 * Nessia layardi (Kelaart, 1853) – Layard's nessia
 * Nessia monodactyla (Gray, 1839) – one-toed nessia
 * Nessia sarasinorum (F. Müller, 1889) – Müller's nessia

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nessia.