Scincella forbesorum

Scincella forbesorum
Scientific 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
	Leiolopisma forbesorum ; Taylor, 1937; Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum ; — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950; Scincella forbesorum ; — Shea & Greer, 2002;

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.

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Habitat edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Scincella forbesorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 July 2020.
^ 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 edit

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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[RDB-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).

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