Scincella reevesii

Scincella reevesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Scincella
Species: S. reevesii
Binomial name
Scincella reevesii
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tiliqua reevesii
    Gray, 1838
  • Eumeces reevesii
    — Günther, 1864
  • Lygosoma nigropunctatum
    Bocourt, 1878
  • Leiolopisma reevesii
    — Schmidt, 1927
  • Scincella reevesii
    — Mittleman, 1952
  • Sphenomorphus reevesii
    — Das, 1997
  • Scincella reevesii
    — Linkem et al., 2011

Scincella reevesii (common name: Reeves' 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scincella reevesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scincella reevesii, p. 218).

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


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