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Scincella gemmingeri

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Species of lizard

Scincella gemmingeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scincella
Species: S. gemmingeri
Binomial name
Scincella gemmingeri
(Cope, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Oligosoma gemmingeri
    Cope, 1864
  • Lygosoma (Mocoa) gemmingeri
    — Bocourt, 1881
  • Lygosoma laterale (part)
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Leiolopisma gemmingeri
    — Taylor, 1937
  • Scincella gemmingeri
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950

Scincella gemmingeri, commonly known as the forest ground skink, Cope's forest ground skink, and la escíncela de bosque de Cope in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, gemmingeri, is in honor of German coleopterist Max Gemminger (1820–1887).

Geographic range

S. gemmingeri is found in the coastal regions of the Mexican state of Veracruz and various surrounding states.

Habitat

As its common name implies, the forest ground skink occurs primarily in forests, especially rainforests, oak forests, cloud forests, and tropical evergreen forests, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft), although it is also sometimes found on pastureland.

Conservation status

S. gemmingeri faced no major threats as of 2020.

Reproduction

S. gemmingeri is ovoviparous.

Description

Like all members of the genus Scincella, S. gemmingeri is long and cylindrical, with short limbs. Its color is dark gray, and it has a dark stripe originating at the snout and running dorsolaterally along its body. Its maximum snout-vent length (SVL) is about 45 mm (1.8 in).

References

  1. ^ Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Scincella gemmingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64244A12758098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64244A12758098.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Scincella gemmingeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scincella gemmingeri, p. 99).

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1864). "Contributions to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 166-181. (Oligosoma gemmingeri, new species, p. 180).
  • García-Vásquez, Uri; Feria-Ortiz, Manuel (2006). "Skinks of Mexico". Reptilia (49): 74-79.
  • García-Vázquez UO, Mendoza-Hernández AA (2007). "Scincella gemmingeri. Geographic Distribution". Herpetological Review 38 (2): 218–220.
  • Perea-Pérez, A.; Peralta-Hernández, R.; García-Vázquez, U.O. (2019). "Reproduction. Scincella gemmingeri (Cope's Forest Ground Skink)". Herpetological Review 50 (4): 791.
Taxon identifiers
Scincella gemmingeri
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