Scincella forbesorum

Scincella forbesorum, also known commonly as Forbes' forest ground skink and la escíncela de bosque de Forbes in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.[1] The species is endemic to Mexico.

Scincella forbesorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scincella
Species:
S. forbesorum
Binomial name
Scincella forbesorum
(Taylor, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leiolopisma forbesorum
    Taylor, 1937
  • Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Scincella forbesorum
    — Shea & Greer, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, forbesorum (genitive plural), is in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dyfrig McHattie Forbes, Mexican planters who assisted visiting herpetologists.[2]

Geographic range

S. forbesorum is known only from the Mexican state of Hidalgo in eastern central Mexico.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. forbesorum is forest, to which the common names refer. The holotype was collected at an altitude of 7,000 ft (2,100 m).[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. forbesorum is unknown.[1]

References
  1. Scincella forbesorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2020.
  2. 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 forbesorum, p. 92).

Further reading
  • Shea GM, Greer AE (2002). "From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: Generic Reassignment of Two Poorly Known New Guinea Skinks". Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 148–156. (Scincella forbesorum, new combination).
  • Smith HM (1951). "A New Species of Leiolopisma (Reptilia: Sauria) from Mexico". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34 (1): 195–200. (Leiolopisma gemmingeri forbesorum).
  • Taylor EH (1937). "Two New Lizards of the Genus Leiolopisma from Mexico, with Comments on Another Mexican Species". Copeia 1937 (1): 5–11. (Leiolopisma forbesorum, new species).



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