Scincella barbouri

Scincella barbouri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. barbouri
Binomial name
Scincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925)
Synonyms [2]
Leiolopisma barbouri Stejneger, 1925 Scincella barbouri — Greer, 1974

Scincella barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to China.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour. ^[3]

Geographic range

S. barbouri is found in Yunnan province, southwestern China. It may possibly also occur in adjacent Sichuan province. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. barbouri is shrubland, at altitudes of 1,800–2,500 m (5,900–8,200 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

S. barbouri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Rao, D.-Q. (2019). "Scincella barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T102649460A102649497. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102649460A102649497.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Scincella barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scincella barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading

• Stejneger L (1925). "Description of a new scincid lizard and a new burrowing frog from China". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences15: 150–152. (Leiolopisma barbouri, new species, pp. 150–151.