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Scincella  Mittleman, 1950
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174006

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): ground skinks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilySphenomorphinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusScincella Mittleman, 1950 – ground skinks  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Scincella apraefrontalis T. Q. Nguyen, V. S. Nguyen, Böhme and Ziegler, 2010 – Huulien Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella assata (Cope, 1864) – Red Forest Skink 
                                        Species Scincella badenensis S. N. Nguyen, V. D. H. Nguyen, L. T. Nguyen and Murphy, 2019 – Baden Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella baraensis S. N. Nguyen, V. D. H. Nguyen, L. T. Nguyen and Murphy, 2020 – Bara Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925) – Barbour's Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella boettgeri (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Boettger's Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella capitanea Ouboter, 1986 – Large Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella caudaequinae (Smith, 1951) – Horsehead Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893) – Brown Forest Skink, Encinela-selvática café 
                                        Species Scincella darevskii Nguyen, Ananjeva, Orlov, Rybaltovsky and Böhme, 2010 – Darevsky's Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella devorator (Darevsky, Orlov and Cuc, 2004)  
                                        Species Scincella doriae (Boulenger, 1887) – Doria's Ground Skink, Doria's Smooth Skink 
                                        Species Scincella forbesorum (Taylor, 1937)  
                                        Species Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Van Denburgh's Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864) – Encinela de selva, Forest Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella huanrenensis Zhao and Huang, 1982  
                                        Species Scincella incerta (Stuart, 1940) – Encinela-selvática hojarasquera 
                                        Species Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez and Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2010  
                                        Species Scincella lateralis (Say in James, 1822) – Ground Skink, Encinela norteña, Little Brown Skink 
                                        Species Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867) – Large-eared Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887) – Black Ground Skink, Black-spotted Smooth Skink 
                                        Species Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864) – Modest Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella monticola (Schmidt, 1925)  
                                        Species Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan and Poyarkov, 2018  
                                        Species Scincella ochracea (Bourret, 1937)  
                                        Species Scincella potanini (Günther, 1896)  
                                        Species Scincella przewalskii (Bedriaga, 1912)  
                                        Species Scincella punctatolineata (Boulenger, 1893) – Burma Smooth Skink 
                                        Species Scincella rara (Darevsky and Orlov, 1997) – Double Subdigital-pads Skink 
                                        Species Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838) – Reeves' Smooth Skink 
                                        Species Scincella rufocaudata (Darevsky and Nguyen Van Sang, 1983) – Red-tailed Ground Skink 
                                        Species Scincella rupicola (Smith, 1916)  
                                        Species Scincella schmidti (Barbour, 1927)  
                                        Species Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937) – Encinela de Taylor 
                                        Species Scincella tsinlingensis (Hu and Zhao, 1966)  
                                        Species Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927) – Tsushima Smooth Skink 
                                        Species Scincella victoriana (Shreve, 1940)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Scincella    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Scincella   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scincella   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Scincella   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scincella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scincella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: ground skinks[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scincella   
       

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