Scincella is a genus of lizards in the skink family, Scincidae, commonly referred to as ground skinks. 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. They are a generalized insectivore with well developed chemosensory abilities.
Barkudia melanosticta commonly known as Visakhapatnam limbless skink or Russell's legless skink is a skink endemic to Vishakapatnam region of Circar Coast, in Andhra Pradesh state of southeastern India. One of the foremost of Indian reptiles collected during the days of Patrick Russell in 1790s, this species' type specimen was considered lost. Later its taxonomy was fixed by redescribing recent collections dating between 1950s-80s by professors of Andhra University, Waltair from their campus, and deposited in the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata, India.
Scincella reevesii is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Scincella lateralis, formerly Lygosoma laterale is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico. The ground skink differs from the majority of North American lizard species in that it is generally considered a forest dweller. Common names for this species include the little brown skink and the ground skink. However, the common name, ground skink, may refer to any species in the genus Scincella.
The double subdigital-pads skink is a species of skink, only known to live in Central Truong Son, Vietnam. It is a small skink with arboreal mode of life.
Scincella gemmingeri, commonly known as the forest ground skink, Cope's forest ground skink, and la escíncela de bosque de Cope in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
The banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink or common striped skink is a species of skink in the genus of Lipinia native to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.
Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia
The Huulien ground skink is a species of skink found in Vietnam.
Darevsky’s ground skink is a species of skink found in Vietnam.
Scincella devorator is a species of skink endemic to northern Vietnam.
Scincella doriae, also known commonly as Doria's ground skink and Doria's smooth skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Scincella formosensis, also known as Van Denburgh's ground skink, is a species of skink endemic to Taiwan.
The mountainous dwarf skink is a species of skink found in China and Vietnam.
Scincella ochracea is a species of skink found in Vietnam.
Scincella punctatolineata, the Burma smooth skink, is a species of skink found in Myanmar and Thailand.
Scincella rupicola is a species of skink found in Vietnam.
Scincella victoriana is a species of skink found in Myanmar.
Tropidophorus microlepis, the small-scaled water skink, is a species of skink found in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.
