Species of lizard
Scincella reevesii
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Squamata
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Family:
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Scincidae
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Genus:
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Scincella
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Species:
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S. reevesii
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Binomial name
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Scincella reevesii
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Synonyms[1]
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- Tiliqua reevesii
Gray, 1838
- Eumeces reevesii
— Günther, 1864
- Lygosoma nigropunctatum
Bocourt, 1878
- Lygosoma kakhiensis
Boulenger, 1887
- Leiolopisma eunice
Cochran, 1927
- Leiolopisma reevesii
— Schmidt, 1927
- Leiolopisma smithi
Cochran, 1941
- Scincella reevesii
— Mittleman, 1952
- Leiolopisma pootipongi
Taylor, 1962
- Scincella ochracea
Greer, 1974
- Sphenomorphus reevesii
— Das, 1997
- Scincella reevesii
— Linkem et al., 2011
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Scincella reevesii (common name: Reeves's smooth skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Asia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves.[2]
Geographic range
S. reevesii is found in southern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong), Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) and south to Western Malaysia, Myanmar, India, and Nepal.[1] There is also a questionable record from Korea. Reports from Bangladesh represent Sphenomorphus maculatus.[1]
Reproduction
S. reevesii is ovoviviparous.[1]
References
Further reading
- Bocourt MF (1878). "Note sur quelques Scincoidiens nouveaux ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série [Sixth Series] 8 (16): 1–4. (Lygosoma nigropunctatum, new species, pp. 2–3). (in French).
- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series 2 (10): 287–293. (Tiliqua reevesii, new species, pp. 292–293).
- Ouboter PE (1986). "A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 229: 1-66. PDF