Scincella vandenburghi

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Scincella vandenburghi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178539A96878281.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Scincella vandenburghi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 October 2014.
  3. 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).



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