Biology:Scincella vandenburghi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Scincella vandenburghi
Korean Skink.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scincella
Species:
S. vandenburghi
Binomial name
Scincella vandenburghi
(Schmidt, 1927)
Scincella vandenburghi distribution.png
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

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178539/96878281. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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).

Further reading

  • 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 Resources 1 (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).


Wikidata ☰ Q5128276 entry