Scincella vandenburghi

Scincella vandenburghi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. vandenburghi
Binomial name
Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
Leiolopisma vandenburghi Schmidt, 1927 Scincella vandenburghi — Greer, 1974

Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia

Geographic range

S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan.[2]

Taxonomy

Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta.[1][2]

Etymology

S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences.[2][3]

Habitat

S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor.[1]

Reproduction

S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer.[1]

References

1. Shin, Y.; Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2021). "Scincella vandenburghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178539A96878281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178539A96878281.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Scincella vandenburghi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 October 2014.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scincella vandenburghi, p. 271).

Further reading

• Park J, Koo K-S, Kim I-H, Park D (2016). "Complete mitochondrial genomes of Scincella vandenburghi and S. huanrenensis (Squamata: Scincidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources 1 (1): 237–238.
• Schmidt KP (1927). "Notes on Chinese Reptiles". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 54 (4): 467–551. (Leiolopisma vandenburghi, new species, p. 501).