Scincella
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{redirect|Ground skink|a particular species|Scincella lateralis}}
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| name = Scincella
| image = Scincella lateralis.jpg
| image_caption = Scincella lateralis, a ground skink
| taxon = Scincella
| authority = Mittleman, 1950
| synonyms = *Paralipinia {{small|Darevsky & Orlov, 1997}}
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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.{{Cite journal |last=Nicoletto |first=Paul F. |date=September 1985 |title=The Relative Roles of Vision and Olfaction in Prey Detection by the Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1564269 |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=411–415 |doi=10.2307/1564269 |jstor=1564269 |issn=0022-1511}}
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.{{Cite journal |last1=Rheubert |first1=J.L. |last2=McHugh |first2=H.H. |last3=Collier |first3=M.H. |last4=Sever |first4=D.M. |last5=Gribbins |first5=K.M. |date=July 2009 |title=Temporal germ cell development strategy during spermatogenesis within the testis of the Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis (Sauria: Scincidae) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.021 |journal=Theriogenology |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=54–61 |doi=10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.021 |pmid=19344944 |issn=0093-691X}}File:Scincella caudaequinae, Horsetail Falls ground skink, Tamaulipas.jpg
Species
The genus Scincella contains the following 39 recognized species:{{NRDB genus|genus=Scincella|accessdate=11 July 2014}}{{Cite journal|last1=Nguyen|first1=Sang Ngoc|last2=Nguyen|first2=Vu Dang Hoang|last3=Nguyen|first3=Luan Thanh|last4=Murphy|first4=Robert W.|date=2020-10-28|title=A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4868.3.6|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4868|issue=3|pages=423–434|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6|pmid=33311393|s2cid=228957224|issn=1175-5334}}
- Scincella apraefrontalis {{small|Nguyen et al., 2010}} - Huulien ground skink
- Scincella assata {{small|(Cope, 1864)}} - red forest skink
- Scincella badenensis {{small|Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, & Murphy, 2019}} - Baden ground skink
- Scincella baraensis {{Small|Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen & Murphy, 2020}}
- 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 {{small|(Cope, 1893)}} - brown forest skink
- Scincella darevskii {{small|Nguyen et al., 2010}} - Darevsky's ground skink
- Scincella devorator {{small|(Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc, 2004)}}
- 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 {{small|(Stuart, 1940)}}
- Scincella kikaapoa {{small|García-Vázquez et al., 2010}}
- 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 {{small|Neang, Chan, & Poyarkov, 2018}}
- Scincella ochracea {{small|(Bourret, 1937)}}
- Scincella potanini {{small|(Günther, 1896)}}
- 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 {{small|(Darevsky & Nguyen, 1983)}} - red-tailed ground skink
- Scincella rupicola {{small|(M.A. Smith, 1916)}}
- Scincella schmidti {{small|(Barbour, 1927)}}
- 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){{ITIS |id=174006 |taxon=Scincella |accessdate=5 December 2006}}
- 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
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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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Category:Reptiles of Central America
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Category:Taxa named by Myron Budd Mittleman
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