Scincella vandenburghi

Scincella vandenburghi (Korean skink, Tsushima ground skink, or Tsushima smooth skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia

Scincella vandenburghi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

Geographic range

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

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.

Reproduction

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

References
  1. Ota H (2010). "Scincella vandenburghi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T178539A7566985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178539A7566985.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  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
  • 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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