Scincella vandenburghi
Scincella vandenburghi (Korean skink, Tsushima ground skink, or 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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Scientific classification | |
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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Geographic range
S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan.
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.
Reproduction
S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer.[1]
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References
- Ota H (2010). "Scincella vandenburghi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T178539A7566985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178539A7566985.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- 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).
Further reading
- 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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