Scincella

Taxobox
name = "Scincella"

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image_size = 240px
image_caption = Ground Skink, "Scincella lateralis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Scincella"
genus_authority = Mittleman, 1950

"Scincella" is a genus of lizards in the skink family, Scincidae, commonly referred to as Ground Skinks. The exact number of species in the genus is unclear, as taxonomic reclassification is ongoing, and sources vary widely. "Scincella" species primarily range throughout the temperate regions of the world and are typically small, fossorial lizards, which consume a wide variety of arthropods.

Species

*"Scincella barbouri"
*"Scincella bilineata"
*"Scincella boettgeri"
*"Scincella capitanea"
*"Scincella caudaequinae"
*"Scincella doriae"
*"Scincella forbesora"
*"Scincella formosensis"
*"Scincella gemmingeri"
*"Scincella huanrenensis"
*"Scincella inconspicua"
*"Scincella ladacensis"
*"Scincella lateralis"
*"Scincella macrotis"
*"Scincella melanosticta"
*"Scincella modesta"
*"Scincella monticola"
*"Scincella przewalskii"
*"Scincella punctatolineata"
*"Scincella reevesii"
*"Scincella sikimmensis"
*"Scincella silvicola"
*"Scincella travancorica"
*"Scincella tsinlingensis"
*"Scincella vandenburghi"
*"Scincella victoriana"

References

*ITIS|ID=174006|taxon="Scincella"|year=2006|date=5 December