Scincella truongi

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 truongi

Name

Scincella truongi Pham, Ziegler, Pham, Hoang, Ngo & Le, 2025: 326

• Holotype: IEBR R.6329 (Field number PAT.133), adult ♀, collected by A.V. Pham and D.A. Nguyen on 3 April 2013.
• Type locality: “in evergreen forest near Ta Co Village (20°59'13.6"N, 103°37'19.4"E, at an elevation of 1660 m a.s.l.), Sop Cop Commune, within Sop Cop Nature Reserve, Sop Cop District, Son La Province, Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• Pham, A.V., Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Hoang, T.N., Ngo, H.T. & Le, M.D. 2025. A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam. ZooKeys 1126: 319–337. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.139655 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Truong’s Smooth Skink