Scincella balluca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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: Scincella balluca

Name

Scincella balluca Bragin, Zenin, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Bobrov & Poyarkov, 2025: 272

• Holotype: ZMMU Re-18292 (field no. NAP-15389), adult ♂, collected by N.A. Poyarkov and A.M. Bragin on 24 January 2021.
• Type locality: “Ta Dung Mountain within Ta Dung National Park, Dak P’Lao Commune, Bich Khe District, Dak Nong Province, southern Vietnam (11.85029°N, 108.02750°E; elevation 1,880 m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Golden Ground Skink