Scincella

"Ground skink" redirects here. If referring to a particular species, it usually means Scincella lateralis.

Scincella
Scincella lateralis, a ground skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scincella Mittleman, 1950[1]
Synonyms
Paralipinia Darevsky & Orlov, 1997

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 35 recognized species.^[2]

• Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen et al., 2010
• Scincella assatus (Cope, 1864)
• Scincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925)
• Scincella bilineata (Gray, 1846) = Kaestlea bilineata
• 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 inconspicua (F. Müller, 1894)
• Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez et al., 2010
• Scincella ladacensis (Günther, 1864) = Asymblepharus ladacensis
• Scincella lateralis (Say, 1823)
• Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867)
• Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887)
• Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864)
• Scincella monticola (K.P. Schmidt, 1925)
• 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

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.