Scincella verecunda

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 verecunda

Name

Scincella verecunda Xu, Nguyen, Deng, Zhang, Poyarkov & Peng in Xu et al., 2026: 131

• Holotype: QHU R2025058, adult ♀, collected by J.D. Deng and Y.H. Xu on 2 July 2025.
• Type locality: “Linxiang District, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China (23.8977°N, 100.1836°E; elevation 2,358 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Xu, Y.-H., Nguyen, T.V., Deng, J.-D., Zhang, T.-R., Sun, F.-Y., Liu, J.-C., Poyarkov, N.A. & Peng, L.-F. 2026. Shy highlander: a new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata, Scincidae) from montane forests of Yunnan Province, China. Herpetozoa 39: 127–143. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.39.e188979 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Lincang Ground Skink