Scincella

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Scincella
Species (38): S. apraefrontalis – S. assata – S. badenensis – S. baraensis – S. barbouri – S. boettgeri – S. capitanea – S. caudaequinae – S. cherriei – S. darevskii – S. devorator – S. doriae – S. forbesorum – S. formosensis – S. gemmingeri – S. huanrenensis – S. incerta – S. kikaapoa – S. lateralis – S. macrotis – S. melanosticta – S. modesta – S. monticola – S. nigrofasciata – S. ochracea – S. potanini – S. przewalskii – S. punctatolineata – S. rara – S. reevesii – S. rufocaudata – S. rupicola – S. schmidti – S. sikimmensis – S. silvicola – S. tsinlingensis – S. vandenburghi – S. victoriana
Name

Scincella Mittleman, 1950: 19

Type species: Scincus lateralis Say, 1823, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Mittleman, M.B. 1950. The generic status of Scincus lateralis Say, 1823. Herpetologica 6(2): 17–24. JSTOR

Additional references

Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, V.S., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam . Folia Zoologica 59(2): 115–121. DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a6.2010 Open access Reference page.
Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2011. Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 1217–1243. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00747.x Reference page.
Neang, T., Chan, S. & Poyarkov, Jr., N.A. 2018. A new species of smooth skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Scincella) from Cambodia. Zoological Research 39(3): 220–240. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.008 Reference page.
Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & Murphy, R.W. 2019. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4648(2): 273–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.4 Paywall Reference page.
Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & Murphy, R.W. 2020. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4868(3): 423–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Scincella . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Ground Skinks

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.
Horsetail Falls ground skink (Scincella caudaequinae) municipality of Jaumave, Tamaulipas, Mexico (11 August 2003).
Species

The genus Scincella contains the following 37 recognized species:[2][3]

Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen et al., 2010 - Huulien ground skink
Scincella assata (Cope, 1864) - red forest skink
Scincella badenensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, & Murphy, 2019 - Baden ground skink
Scincella baraensis 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) - horsehead ground skink
Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893) - brown forest skink
Scincella darevskii Nguyen et al., 2010 - Darevsky's ground skink
Scincella devorator (Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc, 2004)
Scincella doriae (Boulenger, 1887) - Doria's ground skink, Doria's smooth skink
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 (Stuart, 1940)
Scincella kikaapoa 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 Neang, Chan, & Poyarkov, 2018
Scincella ochracea (Bourret, 1937)
Scincella potanini (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 (Darevsky & Nguyen, 1983) - red-tailed ground skink
Scincella rupicola (M.A. Smith, 1916)
Scincella schmidti (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)[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scincella.
References

"Scincella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
Scincella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 July 2014.

Nguyen, Sang Ngoc; Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang; Nguyen, Luan Thanh; Murphy, Robert W. (2020-10-28). "A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam". Zootaxa. 4868 (3): 423–434. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311393. S2CID 228957224.