Scincella vandenburghi

Scincella vandenburghi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. vandenburghi
Binomial name
	Scincella vandenburghi; (Schmidt, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
	Leiolopisma vandenburghi ; Schmidt, 1927; Scincella vandenburghi ; — Greer, 1974;

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

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).