Scincella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Scincella
Species (56): S. alia – S. apraefrontalis – S. assata – S. auranticaudata – S. badenensis – S. balluca – S. baraensis – S. barbouri – S. boettgeri – S. caudaequinae – S. cherriei – S. chengduensis – S. darevskii – S. devorator – S. doriae – S. dunan – S. fansipanensis – S. forbesorum – S. formosensis – S. gemmingeri – S. heishuiensis – S. honbaaensis – S. huanrenensis – S. incerta – S. jinchuanensis – S. kikaapoa – S. lateralis – S. liangshanensis – S. macrotis – S. maerkangensis – S. melanosticta – S. modesta – S. montana – S. monticola – S. ngati – S. nigrofasciata – S. ochracea – S. ouboteri – S. potanini – S. przewalskii – S. punctatolineata – S. qianica – S. rara – S. reevesii – S. rufocaudata – S. rupicola – S. schmidti – S. silvicola – S. stuarti – S. tenuistriata – S. truongi –S. tsinlingensis – S. vandenburghi – S. victoriana – S. vuquangensis – S. wangyuezhaoi

Name

Scincella Mittleman, 1950: 19

Type species: Scincus lateralis Say, 1823, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Mittleman, M.B. 1950. The generic status of Scincus lateralis Say, 1823. Herpetologica 6(2): 17–24. JSTOR

Additional references

Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, V.S., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam . Folia Zoologica 59(2): 115–121. DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v59.i2.a6.2010 Reference page.
Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2011. Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 1217–1243. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00747.x Reference page.
Neang, T., Chan, S. & Poyarkov, Jr., N.A. 2018. A new species of smooth skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Scincella) from Cambodia. Zoological Research 39(3): 220–240. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.008 Reference page.
Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & Murphy, R.W. 2019. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4648(2): 273–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.4 Reference page.
Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, L.T. & Murphy, R.W. 2020. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4868(3): 423–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6 Reference page.
Koizumi, Y., Ota, H. & Hikida, T. 2022. A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yonagunijima Island, Southern Ryukyus, Japan. Zootaxa 5128(1): 61–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.3 Reference page.
Jia, R., Gao, Z.-Y., Huang, J.-J., Ren, J.-L., Jiang, K., Li, D.-Y. & Li, J.-T. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, with a Diagnostic Key of Scincella Species in China. Asian Herpetological Research 14(1): 24–40. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220054 Reference page.
Jia, R.-W., Gao, Z.-Y., Wu, D.-H., Ren, J.-L., Jiang, D. & Wu, W. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae)from Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Asian Herpetological Research 15(2): 115–129. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2024.0016 Reference page.
Pham, A.V., Pham, C.T., Le, M.D., Ngoc, H.N., Zielger, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2024. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2528(1): 91–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2528.1.4 Reference page.
Pham, A.V., Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Hoang, T.N., Ngo, H.T. & Le, M.D. 2025. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam. ZooKeys 1126: 319–337. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.139655 Reference page.
Okabe, S., Motokawa, M., Koizumi, Y., Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, T.T. & Bui, H.T. 2024. A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien Son Range, northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5537(3): 407–423. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.7 Reference page.
Bragin, A.M., Zenin, E.S., Dang, C.H., Dinh, T.V.A., Nguyen, T.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new mountain species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5636(2): 201–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.1 Reference page.
Bragin, A.M., Zenin, E.S., Le, S.X., Nguyen, D.T., Nguyen, T.V., Bobrov, V.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. Gold of the highlands: a new ground skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Scincella Mittleman, 1950) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5701(3): 247–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.2 Reference page.
Jia, R.-W., Gao, Z.-Y., Wu, D.-H., Wang, G.-Q., Liu, G., Liu, M., Jiang, K., Jiang, D.-C., Ren, J.-L. & Li, J.T. 2025. Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Animals 15(2): 232. DOI: 10.3390/ani15020232 Reference page.
Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, L.T., Le, M.V., Nguyen, V.D.H., Phan, K.D., Vo, T.D.H., Murphy, R.W. & Che, J. 2025. Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 989: 266–288. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2899 Reference page.
Valdenegro-Brito, A.E., Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, A.H. & García-Vázquez, U.O. 2025. A New Species of Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Herpetologica 81(2): 171–182. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00020 Reference page.
Xu, Y.-H., Weng, S.-Y., Poyarkov, N.A., Zhang, T.-R., Li, Z.-Y., Deng, J.-D. & Peng, L.-F. 2025. Discovery of a new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1495–1511. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.157713 Reference page.
Xu, Y.-H., Gong, Z.-H., Nguyen, T.V., Deng, J.-D., Bragin, A.M., Weng, S.-Y., Zhang, T.-R,, Poyarkov, N.A. & Peng, L.-F. 2025. A new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Guizhou Province, southwest China. ZooKeys 1258: 9–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1258.161382 Reference page.
Liu, F., Pu, H.-L., Tan, S.-W., Chen, J.-H., Lyu, B., Shu, G.-C., Wu, Y.-Y., Dong, B.-J. & Guo, P. 2026. A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Hengduan Mountains, Sichuan Province, Western China. Animals 16(4): 592. DOI: 10.3390/ani16040592 Reference page.
Liu, F., Pu, H.-L., Tan, S.-W., Chen, J.-H., Cai, B., Lyu, B., Shu, G.-C., Wu, Y.-Y. & Guo, P. 2026. Two new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from southwestern China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2): 575–588. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.184613 Reference page.
Pham, A.V., Do, D.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Hoang, C.V., Nguyen, M.H.T., Le, M., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Pham, C.T. 2026. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. ZooKeys 1275: 275–298. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1275.178070 Reference page.
Pham, A.V., Nguyen, A.M.H., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, H.V., Hoang, N.V. & Nguyen, V.T.H. 2026. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5787(1): 143–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.1.7 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Scincella . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Ground Skinks