Scincella vandenburghi

Scincella vandenburghi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. vandenburghi
Binomial name
	Scincella vandenburghi; (Schmidt, 1927)
Synonyms
	Leiolopisma vandenburghi; Schmidt, 1927; Scincella vandenburghi; — Greer, 1974;

Last updated October 06, 2025

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

Geographic range

S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan.^[2]

Taxonomy

Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta .^[1]^[2]

Etymology

S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor.^[1]

Reproduction

S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Shin, Y.; Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2021). "Scincella vandenburghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T178539A96878281. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178539A96878281.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Scincella vandenburghi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 October 2014.
↑ 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 vandenburghi, p. 271).

Park J, Koo K-S, Kim I-H, Park D (2016). "Complete mitochondrial genomes of Scincella vandenburghi and S. huanrenensis (Squamata: Scincidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources1 (1): 237–238.
Schmidt KP (1927). "Notes on Chinese Reptiles". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist.54 (4): 467–551. (Leiolopisma vandenburghi, new species, p. 501).

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 Shin, Y.; Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2021). "Scincella vandenburghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T178539A96878281. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178539A96878281.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Scincella vandenburghi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 October 2014.

[3] 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 vandenburghi, p. 271).

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