Scincella silvicola

Scincella silvicola
Scincella silvicola — distribution map

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

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Vernacular names edit

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