Scincella chengduensis

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Scincella
Species: Scincella chengduensis

Name

Scincella chengduensis Jia, Ren, Jiang & Li in Jia et al., 2025: 10

• Holotype: CIB 118787 (field no. JGS2018016), adult ♂, collected by Ke Jiang, Jin-Long Ren and Jun Lei on 15 May 2018.
• Type locality: “Jiguanshan Forest Park, Chongzhou, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; coordinates 30.77389764° N, 103.22196458° E; elevation 1831 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Chengdu Ground Skink