Scincella reevesii

Scincella reevesii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. reevesii
Binomial name
	Scincella reevesii; (Gray, 1838)
Synonyms
	Tiliqua reevesii ; Gray, 1838; Eumeces reevesii ; — Günther, 1864; Lygosoma nigropunctatum ; Bocourt, 1878; Lygosoma kakhiensis ; Boulenger, 1887; Leiolopisma eunice ; Cochran, 1927; Leiolopisma reevesii ; — Schmidt, 1927; Leiolopisma smithi ; Cochran, 1941; Scincella reevesii ; — Mittleman, 1952; Leiolopisma pootipongi ; Taylor, 1962; Scincella ochracea ; Greer, 1974; Sphenomorphus reevesii ; — Das, 1997; Scincella reevesii ; — Linkem et al., 2011;

Scincella reevesii (common name: Reeves's smooth skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Asia.^[1]

Etymology edit

The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves.^[2]

S. reevesii is found in southern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong), Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam) and south to Western Malaysia, Myanmar, India, and Nepal.^[1] There is also a questionable record from Korea. Reports from Bangladesh represent Sphenomorphus maculatus.^[1]

S. reevesii is ovoviviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Scincella reevesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 July 2017.
^ 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 reevesii, p. 218).

Bocourt MF (1878). "Note sur quelques Scincoidiens nouveaux ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série [Sixth Series] 8 (16): 1–4. (Lygosoma nigropunctatum, new species, pp. 2–3). (in French).
Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series 2 (10): 287–293. (Tiliqua reevesii, new species, pp. 292–293).
Ouboter PE (1986). "A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 229: 1-66. PDF

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