Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Scincella Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Scincella South Asian and American Ground Skinks, Smooth Skinks Bodenskinke Amerikansk-Asiatiske Jordskinker 1950 Scincella Mittleman (type species: Scincus lateralis Say 1823) Contents: 40 species, of which 25 (62.5%) are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Includes four New World species (assata, cherriei, incerta, rara), previously assigned variously to Leiolopisma, Lygosoma, or Sphenomorphus. Also includes devorator, formerly placed in Sphenomorphus. Previously included Lipinia inconspicua and the species now placed in Kaestlea. Distribution: Discontinuous: North America, Central America, S. and SE. Asia, Sulawesi. Reported from: Bangladesh, Belize, Cambodia, China (Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong [incl. Shek Kwu Chau Island], Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Macau, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia: Cayos Cochinos: Cayo Cochino Pequeño), India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Nicobar Islands], Tripura), Japan (Tsushima Islands, Ryukyu Islands [incl. Sakishima Islands (incl. Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands)]), Laos, Malaysia (West Malaysia: Langkawi Archipelago: Langkawi Island), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua (incl. Islas del Maiz: Isla Grande del Maiz), North Korea, Panama, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia), Vietnam (incl. Cat Ba Island). Scincella apraefrontalis Huulien Ground Skink Huulien-Bodenskink Huulien-jordskink 2010 Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen, Nguyen, Böhme & Ziegler Distribution: Vietnam. Scincella assata Central American Ground Skink Zentralamerikanischer Bodenskink Centralamerikansk Jordskink 1864 Lampropholis assatus Cope Lygosoma assatum Bocourt 1879 Leiolopisma assatum Burt 1935 Lygosoma assatum Stuart 1940 Scincella assata Mittleman 1950 Sphenomorphus assatus Greer 1974 1937 Leiolopisma assatum taylori Oliver Scincella assata taylori Mittleman 1950 Sphenomorphus assatus taylori Liner 1994 Other common names: assatus: Red Forest Skink taylori: Taylor's Forest Skink Remarks: Reassigned to the genus Scincella by Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011). Records from Belize refer to cherriei (Stafford & Meyer 2000). Records from Nicaragua are considered doubtful (Köhler 1999). Distribution: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca). Scincella badenensis Ba Den Ground Skink Ba-Den-Bodenskink Ba Den-jordskink 2019 Scincella badenensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen & Murphy Distribution: Vietnam. Scincella baraensis Ba Ra Mountain Ground Skink Ba-Ra-Bodenskink Ba Ra-jordskink 2020 Scincella baraensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen & Murphy Distribution: Vietnam. Scincella barbouri Yunnan Ground Skink Yunnan-Bodenskink Yunnan-jordskink 1925 Leiolopisma barbouri Stejneger Scincella barbouri Mittleman 1952 Distribution: China (Yunnan). Scincella boettgeri Sakishima Ground Skink Sakishima-Bodenskink Sakishima-jordskink 1912 Leiolopisma laterale boettgeri Van Denburgh Scincella boettgeri Greer 1974 Remarks: Validity confirmed by Chen, Ota & Hikida (2001). Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Sakishima Islands [incl. Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands]). Scincella capitanea Annapurna Ground Skink, Annapurna Mountain Skink Annapurna-Bodenskink, Annapurna-Gebirgsskink Annapurna-jordskink, Annapurna-bjergskink 1986 Scincella capitanea Ouboter Asymblepharus capitanea Eremchenko 1992 Remarks: Reassigned to the genus Scincella by Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011). Distribution: Nepal. Scincella caudaequinae Horsetail Falls Ground Skink Nuevo-Leon-Bodenskink Nuevo Leon-jordskink 1950 Leiolopisma caudaequinae Smith Scincella caudaequinae Smith & Taylor 1950 Scincella silvicola caudaequinae Darling & Smith 1954 Remarks: Sometimes regarded as a synonym of silvicola. Revalidated as a separate species by Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011), although not followed by all authors (e.g., Terán-Juárez, García-Padilla, Mata-Silva, Johnson & Wilson 2016). Not listed for Hidalgo by Ramírez-Bautista & al. (2020), suggesting that these authors also regarded it as a synonym of silvicola. Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas). Scincella cherriei Central American Brown Forest Skink, (Striped Litter Skink, Litter Skink, Ground Skink) Zentralamerikanischer Brauner Skovskink Centralamerikansk Brun Skovskink 1893 Mocoa cherriei Cope Lygosoma assatum cherriei Stuart 1940 Lygosoma cherriei Smith 1941 Leiolopisma cherriei Smith 1946 Scincella cherriei Mittleman 1950 Sphenomorphus cherriei Greer 1974 1903 Lygosoma assatum brevis Werner (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) 1940 Lygosoma assatum ixbaac Stuart (Smith & Taylor 1950) Leiolopisma cherriei ixbaac Smith 1946 Scincella cherriei ixbaac Mittleman 1950 Sphenomorphus cherriei ixbaac Liner 1994 1941 Lygosoma cherriei stuarti Smith Leiolopisma cherriei stuarti Smith 1946 Sphenomorphus cherriei stuarti Liner 1994 1956 Leiolopisma cherriei lampropholis Taylor Other common names: cherriei: Cope's Brown Forest Skink, Brown Ground Skink ixbaac: Ixbaac Brown Forest Skink stuarti: Stuart's Brown Forest Skink Remarks: Lee (1996) tentatively regarded incerta as a synonym of cherriei. Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia: Cayos Cochinos: Cayo Cochino Pequeño), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua (incl. Islas del Maiz: Isla Grande del Maiz), Panama. Scincella cherriei © Henrik Bringsøe Scincella darevskii Dien Bien Ground Skink, (Darevsky's Ground Skink) Dien-Bien-Bodenskink Dien Bien-jordskink 2010 Scincella darevskii Nguyen, Ananjeva, Orlov, Rybaltovsky & Böhme Distribution: Vietnam. Scincella devorator Grasshopper-eating Forest Skink, Devoured Forest Skink Heuschrecke-Bodenskink Græshoppe-jordskink 2004 Sphenomorphus devorator Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc Scincella devorator Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme & Ziegler 2011 Distribution: Vietnam. Scincella doriae Burmese Ground Skink, (Doria’s Ground Skink, Doria's Smooth Skink, Marquis Doria’s Ground Skink) Burmesischer Bodenskink Burmesisk Jordskink 1887 Lygosoma doriae Boulenger Leiolopisma doriæ Schmidt 1927 Scincella doriae Mittleman 1952 Distribution: China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Scincella dunan Yonagunijima Ground Skink Yonagunijima-Bodenskink Yonagunijima-jordskink 2022 Scincella dunan Koizumi, Ota & Hikida Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Sakishima Islands: Yaeyama Islands: Yonagunijima). Scincella forbesorum Hidalgan Forest Ground Skink, (Forbes's Forest Ground Skink) Hidalgo-Bodenskink Hidalgo-jordskink 1937 Leiolopisma forbesorum Taylor Leiolopisma gemmingeri forbesorum Smith 1950 Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum Smith & Taylor 1950 Scincella forbesora Linkem, Diesmos & Brown 2011 Remarks: Sometimes regarded as a synonym of gemmingeri. Not listed for Hidalgo by Ramírez-Bautista, Hernández-Salinas, Cruz-Elizalde, Berriozabal-Islas, Moreno-Lara, DeSantis, Johnson, García-Padilla, Mata-Silva & Wilson (2020). Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon). Scincella formosensis Taiwanese Ground Skink Taiwanischer Bodenskink Taiwansk Jordskink 1912 Leiolopisma laterale formosensis Van Denburgh Scincella formosensis Mittleman 1952 1912 Lygosoma laterale formosensis Thompson [not Leiolopisma laterale formosensis Van Denburgh 1912] (Zhao & Adler 1993) Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of modesta by Ouboter (1986), but as a valid species by Zhao & Adler (1993). Validity confirmed by Chen, Ota & Hikida (2001). Distribution: Taiwan. Scincella gemmingeri Mexican Forest Ground Skink, (Cope's Forest Ground Skink) Mexicanischer Waldskink Mexicansk Skovskink 1864 Oligosoma gemmingeri Cope Lygosoma gemmingeri Bocourt 1881 Leiolopisma gemmingeri Taylor 1937 Scincella gemmingeri Smith & Taylor 1950 Remarks: Previously included forbesorum. Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz). Scincella huanrenensis Liaoning Ground Skink Liaoning-Bodenskink Liaoning-jordskink 1982 Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang Distribution: China (Liaoning), South Korea. Scincella incerta Guatemalan Ground Skink, (Stuart's Forest Skink) Guatemalischer Bodenskink Guatemalansk Jordskink 1940 Lygosoma incertum Stuart Leiolopisma incertum Smith 1946 Scincella incerta Mittleman 1952 Sphenomorphus incertus Greer 1974 Remarks: Lee (1996) tentatively regarded this species as a synonym of cherriei. Records from Chiapas refer to another species (Acevedo, Ariano-Sánchez, Campbell, Johnson & Muñoz-Alons 2014). Reassigned to the genus Scincella by Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011). Distribution: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Scincella kikaapoa Coahuila Ground Skink Coahuila-Bodenskink Coahuila-jordskink 2010 Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila). Scincella kohtaoensis Kohtao Ground Skink Kohtao-Bodenskink Kohtao-jordskink 1927 Leiolopisma kohtaoensis Cochran Scincella kohtaoensis Greer 1974 Scincella melanosticta kohtaoensis Ouboter 1986 Remarks: Regarded as a subspecies of melanosticta by Ouboter (1986) but as a separate species other authors (e.g., Taylor 1963; Greer 1974; David & Ineich 2009; Das 2010). Distribution: Thailand. Scincella lateralis North American Ground Skink, Common Ground Skink, Little Brown Skink Brauner Bodenskink Nordamerikansk Jordskink 1823 Scincus lateralis Say in James Tiliqua lateralis Gray 1831 Lygosoma lateralis Duméril & Bibron 1839 Mocoa lateralis Gray 1845 Oligosoma laterale Cope 1875 Leiolopisma laterale Jordan 1899 Scincella laterale Mittleman 1950 1825 Scincus unicolor Harlan (Harper 1942; Smith, Preston & Smith 1983) Leiolopisma unicolor Stejneger & Barbour 1943 Introduced to: Puerto Rico. Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia). Scincella macrotis Nicobar Ground Skink Nicobarischer Bodenskink Nicobarisk Jordskink 1869 Euprepes macrotis Steindachner Lygosoma mactrotis Boulenger 1887 Leiolopisma macrotis Smith 1935 Scincella macrota Mittleman 1952 Distribution: India (Nicobar Islands). Scincella melanosticta Black-spotted Ground Skink, Black-spotted Smooth Skink, Black Ground Skink Schwarzfleckiger Bodenskink Sortplettet Jordskink 1887 Lygosoma melanostictum Boulenger Leiolopisma reevesi melanostictum Smith 1935 Scincella melanosticta Mittleman 1952 Leiolopisma melanostictum Taylor 1963 1958 Leiolopisma siamensis Taylor & Elbel (Ouboter 1986) Scincella siamensis Greer 1974 Remarks: Previously included kohtaoensis and rupicola. Chan-ard, Seangthianchai & Makchai (2011) treated siamensis as a separate species, but without discussion. Distribution: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (West Malaysia: Langkawi Archipelago: Langkawi Island), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (incl. Cat Ba Island). Scincella melanosticta © Henrik Bringsøe Scincella modesta Slender Ground Skink, Slender Forest Skink Venus-Bodenskink Venus-jordskink 1864 Eumeces modestus Günther Leiolopisma modestum Schmidt 1927 Scincella modesta Mittleman 1952 1878 Mocoa exigua Anderson (status uncertain, Ouboter 1986) 1925 Leiolopisma septentrionalis Schmidt (Zhao & Adler 1993) Scincella septentrionalis Greer 1974 Scincella modesta septentrionalis Zhao & Adler 1993 1987 Leiolopisma monticola pingliensis Song (Zhao & Adler 1993) Remarks: Among other taxa, Ouboter (1986) included five forms (formosensis, monticola, potanini, schmidti, tsinlingensis) in the synonymy of modesta, however, Zhao & Adler (1993) retained them as valid species. A further species (vandenburghi) was subsequently also revalidated from the synonymy of modesta. Heimes (1996) and Shea & Greer (2002) listed septentrionalis as a valid species, but Jiang (2002) and Lu & Li (2002) treated it as a subspecies of modesta. Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011) did not mention the taxon. A record from Nepal is probably based on a misidentification (Kästle, Rai & Schleich 2013). Ouboter's (1986) record from Ryukyu Islands is regarded as doubtful. Distribution: China (Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong [incl. Nan Ao Island], Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang). Scincella monticola Yunnan Mountain Ground Skink Yunnan-Bjergskink Yunnan-Bjergskink 1925 Leiolopisma monticola Schmidt Scincella monticola Mittleman 1952 Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of modesta (e.g., Ouboter 1986), but as a valid species in most recent works (e.g., Zhao & Adler 1993; Shea & Greer 2002; Nguyen, Nguyen & Orlov 2010). Distribution: China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam. Scincella nigrofasciata Black-striped Ground Skink Schwarzstreifen-Bodenskink Sortstribet Jordskink 2018 Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan & Poyarkov Distribution: Cambodia, Vietnam. Scincella ochracea Tawny Ground Skink Gelbbrauner Bodenskink Gulbrun Jordskink 1937 Leiolopisma ochraceum Bourret Scincella ochracea Greer 1974 Remarks: Regarded as a tentative synonym of reevesi by Ouboter (1986), but considered a valid species in most recent publications (e.g., Shea & Greer 2002; Eremchenko 2003; David & Ineich 2009; Das 2010; Nguyen, Nguyen, Böhme & Ziegler 2010). Distribution: Laos, Vietnam. Scincella pootipongi Thai Ground Skink, (Pootipong's Smooth Skink) Thailändischer Bodenskink Thailandsk Jordskink 1962 Leiolopisma pootipongi Taylor Scincella pootipongi Chan-Ard, Grossmann, Gumprecht & Schulz 1999 Remarks: Regarded as a tentative synonym of reevesi by Ouboter (1986), but as a valid species by Chan-Ard, Grossmann, Gumprecht & Schulz (1999). Distribution: Thailand. Scincella potanini Sichuan Ground Skink Sichuan-Bodenskink Sichuan-jordskink 1896 Lygosoma potanini Günther Scincella potanini Mittleman 1952 Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of modesta by Ouboter (1986), but as a valid species by Zhao & Adler (1993) and Shea & Greer (2002). Reported from Guizhou (Yuan, Li & Zhang 2009), but presence in this province needs confirmation (Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021). Distribution: China (Gansu, Sichuan). Scincella przewalskii Gansu Ground Skink Gansu-Bodenskink Gansu-jordskink 1912 Lygosoma przewalskii Bedriaga Scincella przewalskii Wang & Zhao 1986 Distribution: China (Gansu). Scincella punctatolineata Spot-lined Ground Skink, Burmese Smooth Skink, Western Ground Skink Fleckenstreifen-Bodenskink Pletstribet Jordskink 1893 Lygosoma punctatolineatum Boulenger Leiolopisma punctatolineatum Smith 1935 Scincella punctatolineata Mittleman 1952 1935 Leiolopisma tavesae Smith (Ouboter 1986) Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand. Scincella rara Panamanian Ground Skink, Rare Forest Skink Panamaischer Bodenskink Panamansk Jordskink 1991 Sphenomorphus rarus Myers & Donnelly Scincella rarus Linkem, Diesmos & Brown 2011 Distribution: Panama. Scincella reevesii Speckled Ground Skink, Speckled Leaf-litter Skink, Reeves' Smooth Skink, Reeve’s Ground Skink Gesprenkelter Bodenskink, (Reeves' Glattskink) Spættet Jordskink 1838 Tiliqua reevesii Gray Eumeces reevesii Günther 1864 Leiolopisma reevesi Schmidt 1927 Lygosoma reevesi Smith 1937 Scincella reevesi Mittleman 1952 Sphenomorphus reevesi Das 1994 1878 Lygosoma nigropunctatum Bocourt (Ouboter 1986) 1887 Lygosoma kakhiensis Boulenger (Ouboter 1986) 1927 Leiolopisma eunice Cochran (Ouboter 1986) Scincella eunicis [sic] Greer 1974 1941 Leiolopisma smithi Cochran [not Mocoa smithii Gray 1845] (Ouboter 1986) Remarks: Previously included ochracea and pootipongi. Status of eunice is uncertain (David & Ineich 2009). A single record from Nepal (Shah & Giri 1991) needs confirmation, as it is far to the west of the remainder of the species' range (Schleich & Kästle (eds.) 2002; Kästle, Rai & Schleich 2013). Reported from Shanxi (e.g., Guo, Wang & Lian 2002), but presence in this province needs confirmation (Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021). Records from the Korean Peninsula refer to other species (Chen, Hikida, Han, Shim, Oh & Ota 2001). Records from Bangladesh refer to Sphenomorphus maculatus (Mahony, Hasan, Kabir, Ahmed & Hossain 2009). Distribution: Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong [incl. Shek Kwu Chau Island], Macau, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Tripura), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (incl. Cat Ba Island). Scincella rufocaudata Red-tailed Forest Skink, Red-tailed Ground Skink Rotschwanz-Bodenskink Rødhalet Jordskink 1983 Sphenomorphus rufocaudatus Darevsky & N. Van Sang Scincella rufocaudatus Bobrov 1993 Remarks: Generic assigment of this species is uncertain (Nguyen, Ho & Nguyen 2009). Most recent publications place it in the genus Scincella (e.g., Bobrov 1993; Duckworth, Salter & Khounboline (eds.) 1999; David & Ineich 2009; Böhme 2010; Linkem, Diesmos & Brown 2011). Distribution: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. Scincella rupicola Rock-dwelling Ground Skink, Violet-bellied Slender Skink Violettbäuchiger Bodenskink Violetbuget Jordskink 1916 Lygosoma rupicola Smith Leiolopisma rupicola Smith 1935 Scincella rupicola Greer 1974 Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of melanosticta (e.g., Ouboter 1986; Nguyen, Ho & Nguyen 2009). Considered a valid species in most recent publications (e.g., Teynié, David, Ohler & Luang-Lath 2004; David & Ineich 2009; Das 2010; Nguyen, Nguyen, Böhme & Ziegler 2010). Distribution: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Scincella schmidti Mount Washan Ground Skink, (Schmidt's Ground Skink) Washan-Bodenskink Washan-jordskink 1927 Leiolopisma schmidti Barbour Scincella schmidti Greer 1974 Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of modesta by Ouboter (1986), but as a valid species by Greer (1974), Zhao & Adler (1993), and Shea & Greer (2002). Distribution: China (Sichuan). Scincella silvicola Veracruz Ground Skink, (Taylor's Ground Skink) Veracruz-Bodenskink Veracruz-jordskink 1937 Leiolopisma silvicolum Taylor Scincella silvicola Mittleman 1952 Remarks: Previously included caudaequinae, although this former subspecies is still included in silvicola by some authors (e.g., Terán-Juárez, García-Padilla, Mata-Silva, Johnson & Wilson 2016). Northernmost populations refer to caudaequinae. Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz). Scincella tsinlingensis Shaanxi Ground Skink Shaanxi-Bodenskink Shaanxi-jordskink 1966 Leiolopisma tsinlingensis Hu & Zhao Scincella tsinlingensis Greer 1974 Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of modesta by Ouboter (1986), but as a valid species by Zhao & Adler (1993) and Shea & Greer (2002). Distribution: China (Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan). Scincella vandenburghi Tsushima Ground Skink Tsushima-Bodenskink Tsushima-jordskink 1927 Leiolopisma vandenburghi Schmidt Scincella vandenburghi Chen, Hikida, Han, Shim, Oh & Ota 2001 Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of modesta (e.g., Ouboter 1986). Revalidated by Chen, Hikida, Han, Shim, Oh & Ota (2001). Distribution: Japan (Tsushima Islands), South Korea. Scincella victoriana Mount Victoria Ground Skink Victoria-Bodenskink Victoria-jordskink 1940 Lygosoma victorianum Shreve Scincella victoriana Mittleman 1952 Distribution: Myanmar. Scincella wangyuezhaoi Hengduan Mountains Ground Skink, (Wenchuan's Ground Skink) Hengduan-Bodenskink Hengduan-jordskink 2023 Scincella wangyuezhaoi Jia, Gao, Huang, Ren, Jiang, Li & Li Distribution: China (Sichuan).