Scincella vandenburghi

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Scincella vandenburghi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scincella
Species:
S. vandenburghi
Binomial name
Scincella vandenburghi
(Schmidt, 1927)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Leiolopisma vandenburghi
    Schmidt, 1927
  • Scincella vandenburghi
    Greer, 1974

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

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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]

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References

  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.
  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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