Scincella
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Scincella is a genus of lizards in the skink family, Scincidae, commonly referred to as ground skinks.<ref name="ITIS"/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Description
The Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) a medium sized skink, that have a shiny brown back. They are most commonly found in moist woodland areas throughout the southeastern United States.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Species
The genus Scincella contains the following 39 recognized species:<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Scincella apraefrontalis Template:Small - Huulien ground skink
- Scincella assata Template:Small - red forest skink
- Scincella badenensis Template:Small - Baden ground skink
- Scincella baraensis Template:Small
- 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 Template:Small - brown forest skink
- Scincella darevskii Template:Small - Darevsky's ground skink
- Scincella devorator Template:Small
- 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 Template:Small
- Scincella kikaapoa Template:Small
- 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 Template:Small
- Scincella ochracea Template:Small
- Scincella potanini Template:Small
- 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 Template:Small - red-tailed ground skink
- Scincella rupicola Template:Small
- Scincella schmidti Template:Small
- 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)<ref name ="ITIS">Template:ITIS</ref>
- Scincella wangyuezhaoi Jia, Gao, Huang, Ren, Jiang, & Li, 2023
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.