Scincella Caudaequinae
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''Scincella caudaequinae'', commonly known as the Horsetail Falls ground skink, is a species of reptile in the family ScincidaeLiner, E. A. and G. Casas-Andreu. 2008. ''Standard Spanish, English and scientific names of the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico''. Society for the Study Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular 38: i-iv, 1-162. that is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Mexico. It was named for the type locality "Horsetail Falls, 25 miles south of Monterrey, Nuevo, Leon".Smith, Hobart M. 1951. ''A new species of Leiolopisma (Reptilia: Sauria) from Mexico''. University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 34 (3): 195-200. ''Scincella caudaequinae'' occurs in the northern
Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that ...
in
Nuevo Leon Nuevo is the Spanish word for "new". It may refer to: * Nuevology, California, a town in California, United States * Nuevo (band), featuring singer and musician Peter Godwin * Nuevo (Bayamón), a settlement in Puerto Rico * "Nuevo", Spanish-langu ...
, San Luis Potosi,Smith, H. M. and E. H. Taylor. 1966. ''Herpetology of Mexico: Annotated Checklist and Keys to the Amphibians and Reptiles''. A reprint of Bulletins 187, 194 and 199 of the U. S. Nat. Mus. with a list of subsequent taxonomic innovations. Eric Lundberg, Ashton, Maryland. southeast
Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
,García-Vázquez, Uri Omar, David Lazcano-Villarreal, Maria Cristina Garcia-de la Peña, and Gamaliel Castañeda. 2005. ''Scincella silvicola caudaequinae (Horsetail Falls Ground Skink). Mexico: Coahuila''. Herpetological Review 36(3): 337. and
Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...
.Martin, Paul S. 1958. ''A Biogeography of Reptiles and Amphibians in the Gomez Farías Region, Tamaulipas, Mexico''. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 101: 1-102.Farr, William L., David Lazcano and Pablo A. Lavin-Murcio. 2013. ''New Distributional Records for Amphibians and Reptiles from the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico III''. Herpetological Review 44(4): 631-645. It was considered a subspecies of ''
Scincella silvicola ''Scincella silvicola'' is a species of skink that lives in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental and northern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Mexico, from Puebla to Oaxaca. It occurs primarily in dry, scrubby areas and forests, especially pine forests. I ...
'' for many decades.Darling, Donald, M. and Hobart M. Smith. 1954. ''A collection of reptiles and amphibians from eastern Mexico''. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 57(2): 180-195.


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Scincella Endemic reptiles of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre Oriental Reptiles described in 1951 Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith {{Sphenomorphinae-stub