Scincella qianica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

Scincella qianica Xu, Weng, Poyarkov, Zhang, Deng & Peng in Xu et al., 2025: 1498

• Holotype: QHU R2025002, adult ♂, collected by the team of Lifang Peng on 23 March 2025.
• Type locality: “Baiyun District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China (26°39'28"N, 106°40'20"E, 1320 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Guizhou Ground Skink