Scincella reevesii

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Scincella reevesii 2.jpg

| genus = Scincella

| species = reevesii

| authority = (Gray, 1838)

| synonyms = *Tiliqua reevesii
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  • Eumeces reevesii
    {{small|— Günther, 1864}}
  • Lygosoma nigropunctatum
    {{small|Bocourt, 1878}}
  • Lygosoma kakhiensis
    {{small|Boulenger, 1887}}
  • Leiolopisma eunice
    {{small|Cochran, 1927}}
  • Leiolopisma reevesii
    {{small|— Schmidt, 1927}}
  • Leiolopisma smithi
    {{small|Cochran, 1941}}
  • Scincella reevesii
    {{small|— Mittleman, 1952}}
  • Leiolopisma pootipongi
    {{small|Taylor, 1962}}
  • Scincella ochracea
    {{small|Greer, 1974}}
  • Sphenomorphus reevesii
    {{small|— Das, 1997}}
  • Scincella reevesii
    {{small|— Linkem et al., 2011}}

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Scincella reevesii (common name: Reeves's smooth skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Scincella reevesii, p. 218).

Geographic range

S. reevesii is found in southern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong), Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) and south to Western Malaysia, Myanmar, India, and Nepal. There is also a questionable record from Korea. Reports from Bangladesh represent Sphenomorphus maculatus.

Reproduction

S. reevesii is ovoviviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Bocourt MF (1878). "Note sur quelques Scincoidiens nouveaux ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série [Sixth Series] 8 (16): 1–4. (Lygosoma nigropunctatum, new species, pp. 2–3). (in French).
  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series 2 (10): 287–293. (Tiliqua reevesii, new species, pp. 292–293).
  • Ouboter PE (1986). "A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 229: 1-66. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317820 PDF]

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Category:Scincella

Category:Reptiles of Cambodia

Category:Reptiles of China

Category:Reptiles of Hong Kong

Category:Reptiles of India

Category:Reptiles of Malaysia

Category:Reptiles of Myanmar

Category:Reptiles of Nepal

Category:Reptiles of Thailand

Category:Reptiles of Vietnam

Category:Reptiles described in 1838

Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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