Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Scincidae Asia Central America Malay Archipelago North America Taxonomy of the genus Scincella Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Scincella (South Asian and American Ground Skinks) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Scincella in general Bobrov, V.V. 1992. Notes on lizards (Reptilia, Sauria) from southern Vietnam. Journal of Bengal Natural History Society 11(1): 17-24. Chen, S.L.; Hikida, T.; Han, S.H.; Shim, J.H.; Oh, H.S.; Ota, H. 2001. Taxonomic status of the Korean populations of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 35(1): 122-129. Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1980. [On generic belonging of Scincidae (Reptilia, Sauria) of the USSR fauna]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1980(4): 10-15. Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67. Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Köhler, G.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L.; Chen, S.L.; Hikida, T. 2003. Phylogeny of the lizard subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the origin of the New World taxa. Genes and Genetic Systems 78(1): 71-80. Ota, H.; Sakaguchi, N.; Ikehara, S.; Hikida, T. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Senkaku Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Pacific Science 47(3): 248-255. Ouboter, P.E. 1986. A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 229: 1-66. Stuart, L.C. 1940. Notes on the "Lampropholis" group of Middle American Lygosoma (Scincidae), with descriptions of two new forms. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 421: 1-16. Wang, Y.; Zhao, E. 1986. [Studies on Chinese species of Scincella (Scincidae, Sauria)]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 5(4): 267-277. Yeremchenko, V.K. 1987. [Systematics and relation bonds of Indo-Himalayan scincells (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR Khimiko-tekhnologicheskie Biologicheskie Nauki 1987(2): 54-57. Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen, Q.T.; Nguyen, V.S.; Böhme, W.; Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Folia Zoologica 59(2): 115-121. Scincella assata Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56. Mata-Silva, V.; García-Padilla, E.; Desantis, D.L.; Rocha, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Simón-Salvador, P.R.; Mayoral-Halla, C.; Montiel-Altamirano, B.F.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2017. Distribution notes: New herpetofaunal distribution records for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 679-683. McCranie, J.R.; Köhler, G. 1999. Geographic distribution: Sphenomorphus assatus (Red Forest Skink). Herpetological Review 30(2): 111. Minton, S.A.; Smith, H.M. 1960. A new subspecies of Coniophanes fissidens and notes on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetologica 16: 103-111. Smith, H.M. 1946. Notes on Central American Leiolopisma. Herpetologica 3(4): 110-111. Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384. Scincella boettgeri Chen, S.L.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T. 2001. Geographic variation in the two smooth skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae), in the subtropical East Asian islands. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 18(1): 115-130. Hayashi, T.; Mori, A.; Kawamura, K.; Kobayashi, S.; Yamashita, A.; Ota, H. 1983. [Notes on the two lizard species collected in Taketomijima Island of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, with reference to some problems on Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril et Bibron, 1836)]. (In Japanese, English summary). Nippon Herpetological Journal 26: 15-18. Koizumi, Y.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T. 2014. Phylogeography of the two smooth skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae) in the southern Ryukyus and Taiwan, as inferred from variation in mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 31(4): 228-236. Mori, A.; Amano, M.; Ota, H. 1984. [Notes on some lizards found in Aragusukujima Island of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Magazine Okinawa 22: 117-118. Scincella caudaequinae Campos-Rodríguez, J.I.; Pérez-Valera, B.; Evaristo-Aguilar, L.E.; Elizalde-Arellano, C.; López-Vidal, J.C.; Hernández-Arciga, R. 2010. Registros notables de reptiles para Guanajuato, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81(1): 203-204. García-Vazquez, U.O.; Lazcano-Villareal, D.; Garcia-de la Pena, C.; Castaneda, G. 2005. Geographic distribution: Scincella silvicola caudaequinae (Horsetail Falls Ground Skink). Herpetological Review 36(3): 337. Rodriquez-Jaime, A.; Lazcano, D.; Banda-Leal, J.; Nevárez-de los Reyes, M. 2015. Unusual food items in the diet of the American Black Bear, Ursus americanus eremicus (Pallas, 1780), in Parque Ecologic de Chipinque, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 50(1): 1-7. Smith, H.M. 1951. A new species of Leiolopisma (Reptilia: Sauria) from Mexico. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34(1): 195-200. Scincella cherriei Aguilar-López, J.L.; Pineda, E.; Luria-Manzano, R. 2014. [Predation on three species of herps by spiders in the tropical region of Veracruz, Mexico]. (In Spanish). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85(3): 965-968. Brusch, G.A.; Taylor, E.N.; Whitfield, S.M. 2016. Turn up the heat: thermal tolerances of lizards at La Selva, Costa Rica. Oecologia (Berlin) 180(2): 325-334. Fitch, H.S. 1983. Sphenomorphus cherriei (escincela parda, skink). pp. 422-425. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp. Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Reproductive cycle of the brown forest skink, Sphenomorphus cherriei (Squamata: Scincidae), from Costa Rica. Texas Journal of Science 60(4): 317-321. Gray, R.; Strine, C.T. 2017. Herpetofaunal assemblages of a lowland broadleaf forest, an overgrown orchard forest and a lime orchard in Stann Creek, Belize. ZooKeys 707: 131–156. Greene, H.W. 1969. Reproduction in a middle American skink, Leiolopisma cherriei (Cope). Herpetologica 25: 55-56. Low, M.R.; Nissen, B.; Marin, G.; Janssen, J. 2017. Natural history notes: Craugastor sabrinus (Long-legged Stream Frog). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(3): 605-606. Smith, H.M. 1941. A new race of Lygosoma from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 181-182. Smith, H.M. 1946. Notes on Central American Leiolopisma. Herpetologica 3(4): 110-111. Stuart, L.C. 1940. Notes on the "Lampropholis" group of Middle American Lygosoma (Scincidae), with descriptions of two new forms. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 421: 1-16. Valdenegro-Brito, A.E.; García-Morales, D.; Sánchez-García, J.C.; García-Vázquez, U.O. 2016. Geographic distribution: Scincella cherriei (Brown Forest Skink). Herpetological Review 47(3): 424-425. Watling, J.I.; Waddle, J.H.; Kizirian, D.; Donnelly, M.A. 2005. Reproductive phenology of three lizard species in Costa Rica, with comments on seasonal reproduction of neotropical lizards. Journal of Herpetology 39(3): 341-348. Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384. Whitfield, S.M.; Pierce, M.S.F. 2005. Tree buttress microhabitat use by a neotropical leaf-litter herpetofauna. Journal of Herpetology 39(2): 192-198. Scincella darevskii Nguyen, Q.T.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Rybaltovsky, E.; Böhme, W. 2010. A new species of the genus Scincella Mittlemann, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(4): 269-274. Scincella devorator Darevsky, I.S.; Orlov, N.L.; Ho, T.C. 2004. Two new lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Sauria, Scincidae) from northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 111-120. Scincella doriae Bobrov, V.V. 1992. Notes on lizards (Reptilia, Sauria) from southern Vietnam. Journal of Bengal Natural History Society 11(1): 17-24. Ziegler, T.; Vu, N.T.; Le, K.Q.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Hallermann, J.; Thach, M.H.; Le, V.K. 2006. Neue Verbreitungsnachweise einiger wenig bekannter vietnamesischer Amphibien und Reptilien. Sauria (Berlin) 28(2): 29-40. Scincella forbesorum Taylor, E.H. 1937. Two new lizards of the genus Leiolopisma from Mexico, with comments on another Mexican species. Copeia 1937: 5-11. Scincella formosensis Camarillo-Rangel, J.L. 1995. Distribution records for some amphibians and reptiles from Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(4): 195-197. Chen, S.H.; Lue, K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis from Taiwan (Sauria: Scincidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 26(2): 115-121. Chen, S.L.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T. 2001. Geographic variation in the two smooth skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae), in the subtropical East Asian islands. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 18(1): 115-130. Koizumi, Y.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T. 2014. Phylogeography of the two smooth skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae) in the southern Ryukyus and Taiwan, as inferred from variation in mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 31(4): 228-236. Liner, E.A. 1966. Notes on four small herpetological collections from Mexico. III. Lizards. Southwestern Naturalist 11: 406-414. Scincella gemmingeri Auth, D.L.; Brown, B.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 1999. Geographic distribution: Scincella gemmingeri gemmingeri (Cope's Forest Ground Skink). Herpetological Review 30(4): 234. García-Vázquez, U.O.; Mendoza-Hernandez, A.A. 2007. Geographic distribution: Scincella gemmingeri (Forest Ground Skink) Mexico: Queretaro. Herpetological Review 38(2): 219-220. García-Vázquez, U.O.; Perez-Ramos, E.; Duran-Fuentes, I. 2009. Geographic distribution: Scincella gemmingeri (Forest Ground Skink). Herpetological Review 40(4): 454. Luna-Reyes, R.; García-Vázquez, U.O.; Mendoza-Hernandez, A.A. 2007. Geographic distribution: Scincella gemmingeri (Forest Ground Skink) Mexico: Chiapas. Herpetological Review 38(3): 353. Taylor, E.H. 1937. Two new lizards of the genus Leiolopisma from Mexico, with comments on another Mexican species. Copeia 1937: 5-11. Scincella huanrenensis Dong, B.J. 2005. [Current status and protection of Scincella huanrenensis]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 24(3): 279-280. Dong, B.J.; Wang, J.; Zhou, Z.Y.; Lu, Y.Y.; Li, P.P. 2007. [Research on reproductive behavior and strategy of Scincella huanrensis]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 26(2): 302-304. Dong, B.J.; Wang, J.; Zhou, Z.Y.; Lu, Y.Y.; Li, P.P. 2008. [Preliminary observations on Scincella huanrensis bred indoors]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 27(1): 50-52. Scincella incerta Jadin, R.C. 2007. Prey items of the Tzotzil montane pitviper (Cerrophidion tzotzilorum). Southwestern Naturalist 52(3): 437-438. Nelson, C.E.; Nickerson, M.A. 1966. Notes on some Mexican and Central American amphibians and reptiles. Southwestern Naturalist 11: 128-131. Smith, H.M. 1946. Notes on Central American Leiolopisma. Herpetologica 3(4): 110-111. Stuart, L.C. 1940. Notes on the "Lampropholis" group of Middle American Lygosoma (Scincidae), with descriptions of two new forms. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 421: 1-16. Townsend, J.H. 2005. Geographic distribution: Sphenomorphus incertus (Stuart's Forest Skink). Herpetological Review 36(3): 337-338. Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R. 1994. Comments on the occurrence of a salamander and three lizard species in Honduras. Amphibia-Reptilia 15(4): 416-421. Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez, U.O.; Canséco-Márquez, L.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2010. A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Copeia 2010(3): 373-381. Scincella kohtaoensis Cochran, D.M. 1927. New reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith in Siam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 179-192. Scincella lateralis Anonymous. 1973. Schwanzverwertung beim Skink. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 25(4): 151. Akin, J.A. 1998. Fourier series estimation of Ground Skink population density. Copeia 1998(2): 519-522. Akin, J.A. 1998. Intra-and inter-sexual aggression in the Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis). Canadian Journal of Zoology 76(1): 87-93. Akin, J.A.; Townsend, V.R. 1998. Natural history notes: Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink). Aquatic behavior. Herpetological Review 29(1): 43. Axtell, R.W.; Bryant, C.A. 2006. The Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis, in Illinois: range and possible recent history. Illinois Natural History Survey Biological Notes 142: 1-10. Bazuin, J.B. 1987. Field notes. Scincella lateralis (Ground Snake). Catesbeiana 7(2): 21. Bazuin, J.B. 1987. Field notes: Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink): Mathews Co., along the N side of the W end of Winter Harbor about 1.6 km SSW of the Onemo Post Office and 3.2 km E of Port Haywood. September 1, 1986. Catesbeiana 7(2): 21. Beane, J.C.; Somers, A.B. 1994. Geographic distribution: Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink). Herpetological Review 25(1): 33. Beane, J.C.; Trail, P.R. 1991. Life history notes: Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink). Predation. Herpetological Review 22(3): 99. Becker, B.M.; Paulissen, M.A. 2012. Sexual dimorphism in head size in the Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(2): 109-114. Bender, M.J.; Burke, Z.; Duffus, A.L.J. 2014. 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