Scincella wangyuezhaoi

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 wangyuezhaoi

Name

Scincella wangyuezhaoi Jia, Ren, Jiang & Li in Jia et al., 2023: 29

• Holotype: CIB 87244 (field no. ZL0013), adult ♀, collected by Cheng Li on 30 May 2004.
• Type locality: “Shapai Village, Caopo Town, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China; coordinates 31°18.845’ N, 103°19.364’ E; elevation 1 900 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Jia, R., Gao, Z.-Y., Huang, J.-J., Ren, J.-L., Jiang, K., Li, D.-Y. & Li, J.-T. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, with a Diagnostic Key of Scincella Species in China. Asian Herpetological Research 14(1): 24–40. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220054 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Scincella wangyuezhaoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Wenchuan’s Ground Skink