Scincella ngati

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 ngati

Name

Scincella ngati Pham, Do, Nguyen, Hoang, Nguyen, Le, Le, Ziegler & Pham, 2026: 283

• Holotype: IB R.6445 (Field number PY2023.18), adult ♂, collected by D.T. Do, T.Q. Phan, C.T. Pham, T.Q. Nguyen, C.V. Hoang and H.N. Ngo on 20 May 2023.
• Type locality: “in the evergreen forest of Krong Trai NR (13.84157, 108.57566, at an elevation of 232 m a.s.l.), Dak Lak Province, Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Ngat’s Smooth Skink