Scincella assata

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Scincella assata.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Luis Canseco, Antonio Muñoz, Paulino Ponce |date=2013 |title=Scincella assata |volume=2013 |page=e.T198504A2527458 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198504A2527458.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Scincella

| species = assata

| authority = (Cope, 1864)

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| synonyms =

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The red forest skink (Scincella assata) is a species of skink found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras.{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=assata|accessdate=22 March 2020}}