Scincella gigas

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

Scincella gigas Xu, Deng, Qi, Ma, Zhang, Cai, Nguyen, Poyarkov & Peng in Xu et al., 2026: 1051

Holotype: QHU R2026003 (Field No. LFR 2026046), adult ♀, collected by J.D. Deng and H.Q. Wang on 30 May 2026.
Type locality: “Fengyi Town, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (25.645°N, 100.396°E; elevation 2,790 m a.s.l.)”.

Xu, Y.-H., Deng, J.-D., Qi, S., Ma, S., Zhang, T.-R., Cai, B., Wang, H.-Q., Sun, F.-Y., Nguyen, T.V., Poyarkov, N.A. & Peng, L.-F. 2026. A mountain giant: description of the largest known species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(4): 1047–1063. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.204139 Reference page.