Scincella silvicola

Scincella silvicola

Scincella silvicola — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Scincella
Species: Scincella silvicola

Name

Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937)

• Holotype: FMNH 100008 (formerly EHT-HMS 10033), ♀, collected by E.H. Taylor on 19 August 1936.
• Type locality: “forested hill about 10 miles southeast of Cordova, near San Lorenzo, Vera Cruz, elevation a little under 2,000 ft”.
• Paratype: FMNH 104678 (formerly EHT-HMS 10033), ♂, same data as the holotype.

Combinations

• Leiolopisma silvicolum Taylor, 1937: 5 [original combination]
• Scincella silvicola — Mittleman, 1950: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1937. Two New Lizards of the Genus Leiolopisma from Mexico, with Comments on Another Mexican Species. Copeia 1937(1): 5–11. DOI: 10.2307/1437363 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Scincella silvicola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 October 2019.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Scincella silvicola  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64246A12758239. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64246A12758239.en

Vernacular names

English: Taylor’s Ground Skink
español: Eslizón de la Sierra Madre Oriental