Scincella

''Scincella'' is a genus of lizards in the skink family, Scincidae, commonly referred to as ground skinks. 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. They are a generalized insectivore with well developed chemosensory abilities.

Species

The genus ''Scincella'' contains the following 38 recognized species:
*''Scincella apraefrontalis'' - Huulien ground skink
*''Scincella assata'' - red forest skink
*''Scincella badenensis'' - Baden ground skink
*''Scincella baraensis''
*''Scincella barbouri'' (Stejneger, 1925) - Barbour's ground skink
*'' Scincella boettgeri'' ( Van Denburgh, 1912) - Boettger's ground skink
*''Scincella capitanea'' Ouboter, 1986 - large ground skink
*''Scincella caudaequinae'' ( H.M. Smith, 1951) - Horsetail Falls ground skink
*''Scincella cherriei'' - brown forest skink
*''Scincella darevskii'' - Darevsky's ground skink
*''Scincella devorator''
*'' Scincella doriae'' (Boulenger, 1887) - Doria's ground skink, Doria's smooth skink
*''Scincella dunan'' Koizumi, Ota, & Hikida, 2022
*'' Scincella forbesorum'' ( Taylor, 1937)
*'' Scincella formosensis'' (Van Denburgh, 1912) - Van Denburgh's ground skink
*''Scincella gemmingeri'' (Cope, 1864) - forest ground skink
*'' Scincella huanrenensis'' Zhao & Huang, 1982
*''Scincella incerta''
*'' Scincella kikaapoa''
*'' Scincella lateralis'' ( Say, 1823) - little brown skink, ground skink
*'' Scincella macrotis'' (Steindachner, 1867) - large-eared ground skink
*'' Scincella melanosticta'' (Boulenger, 1887) - black ground skink, black-spotted smooth skink
*''Scincella modesta'' (Günther, 1864) - modest ground skink
*'' Scincella monticola'' (K.P. Schmidt, 1925) - mountainous dwarf skink
*''Scincella nigrofasciata''
*'' Scincella ochracea''
*''Scincella potanini''
*'' Scincella przewalskii'' ( Bedriaga, 1912)
*''Scincella punctatolineata'' (Boulenger, 1893) - Burma smooth skink
*''Scincella rara'' (Darevsky & Orlov, 1997) - double subdigital-pads skink
*''Scincella reevesii'' (Gray, 1838) - Reeves's smooth skink
*''Scincella rufocaudata'' - red-tailed ground skink
*'' Scincella rupicola''
*''Scincella schmidti''
*''Scincella silvicola'' (Taylor, 1937)
*''Scincella tsinlingensis'' ( Hu & Zhao, 1966)
*''Scincella vandenburghi'' (K.P. Schmidt, 1927) - Korean skink, Tsushima ground skink, Tsushima smooth skink)
*''Scincella victoriana'' ( Shreve, 1940)

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

References

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.

Reptiles of Asia
Reptiles of Central America
Reptiles of North America
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Myron Budd Mittleman

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