It is common in the Horton Plains, Hakgala, Namunukula, and Nuwara Eliya.

The dorsum is gray, reddish brown, brownish yellow, or olive-colored.

There is a brownish black lateral stripe with yellowish cream flecks running from the eye to the base of the tail.

[citation needed] The diet of the Ceylon tree skink includes insects.

[1] An adult female of L. taprobanensis may lay one to two eggs, each measuring 7 by 12.5 millimetres (0.28 by 0.49 in), per clutch in loose soil.