Scincella
- "Ground skink" redirects here. If referring to a particular species, it usually means Scincella lateralis.
| Scincella | |
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| Scincella lateralis, a ground skink | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Scincella Mittleman, 1950[1] |
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Scincella is a genus of lizards in the skink family, Scincidae, commonly referred to as ground skinks.[1] The exact number of species in the genus is unclear, as taxonomic reclassification is ongoing, and sources vary widely. Scincella species primarily range throughout the temperate regions of the world and are typically small, fossorial lizards, which consume a wide variety of arthropods.
Species
The genus Scincella contains the following 34 recognized species.[2]
- Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen et al., 2010
- Scincella assata (Cope, 1864)
- Scincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925)
- Scincella boettgeri (Van Denburgh, 1912)
- Scincella capitanea Ouboter, 1986
- Scincella caudaequinae (H.M. Smith, 1951)
- Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893)
- Scincella darevskii Nguyen et al., 2010
- Scincella devorator (Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc, 2004)
- Scincella doriae (Boulenger, 1887)
- Scincella forbesora (Taylor, 1937)
- Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1912)
- Scincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864)
- Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang, 1982
- Scincella incerta (Stuart, 1940)
- Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez et al., 2010
- Scincella lateralis (Say, 1823)
- Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887)
- Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864)
- Scincella monticola (K.P. Schmidt, 1925)
- Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan, & Poyarkov, 2018
- Scincella ochracea (Bourret, 1937)
- Scincella potanini (Günther, 1896)
- Scincella przewalskii (Bedriaga, 1912)
- Scincella punctatolineata (Boulenger, 1893)
- Scincella rara (Darevsky & Orlov, 1997)
- Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838)
- Scincella rufocaudatus (Darevsky & Nguyen, 1983)
- Scincella rupicola (M.A. Smith, 1916)
- Scincella schmidti (Barbour, 1927)
- Scincella sikimmensis (Blyth, 1854) = Asymblepharus sikimmensis
- Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937)
- Scincella tsinlingensis (Hu & Zhao, 1966)
- Scincella vandenburghi (K.P. Schmidt, 1927)
- Scincella victoriana (Shreve, 1940)[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scincella.
References
- ^ a b c "Scincella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Scincella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 July 2014.
Further reading
- Mittleman MB (1950). "The Generic Status of Scincus lateralis Say, 1823". Herpetologica 6 (2): 17-24. (Scincella, new genus).
- Ouboter PE (1986). "A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". Zoologische Verhandelingen 229: 1-66.
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