Scincella melanosticta

Scincella melanosticta

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 melanosticta

Name

Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.17.89 (formerly 89.3.25.28) and MSNG 27853, collected by L. Fea in 1887.
• Type locality: “Pla-poo, [Tenasserim,] ... between 1000 and 1500 metres”.

Combinations

• Lygosoma melanostictum Boulenger, 1887: 479 [original combination]
• Leiolopisma reevesi melanosticum — Smith, 1935: 296 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Leiolopisma melanostictum — Taylor, 1963: 1123 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Scincella melanosticta — Greer, 1974: 7 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Leiolopisma siamensis Taylor & Elbel, 1958: 1123 [synonymised by Ouboter (1986: 46)]
  • Holotype: FMNH 135985 (formerly EHT-HMS No. 31788), collected by Dr. Boonsong Lekagul and Robert E. Elbel on 26 July 1954.
  • Type locality: “Phu Kho (mt), 522 m., Kan Luang (village), Na Kae (district), Nakhon Phanom (province), Thailand, (104° 22'; 16° 49')”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea, of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Series 2ª 5(25): 474–486. BHL Reference page. 
• Taylor, E.H. & Elbel, R.E. 1958. Contribution to the herpetology of Thailand. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38(2): 1033–1189. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Scincella melanosticta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 January 2022.
• Neang, T., Cota, M., Wogan, G., Lwin, K., Nguyen, N.S. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2018. IUCN: Scincella melanosticta  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102649104A102649183. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102649104A102649183.en. Acessed on 30 January 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Black Ground Skink