Scincella vandenburghi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scincella |
Species: | S. vandenburghi
|
Binomial name | |
Scincella vandenburghi (
Schmidt, 1927)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia
S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan. [2]
Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta. [1] [2]
S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences. [2] [3]
S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor. [1]
S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer. [1]
Scincella vandenburghi | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scincella |
Species: | S. vandenburghi
|
Binomial name | |
Scincella vandenburghi (
Schmidt, 1927)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia
S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan. [2]
Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta. [1] [2]
S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences. [2] [3]
S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor. [1]
S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer. [1]