Scincella genus of lizards in the skink family , Scincidae, commonly referred to as ground skinks . The exact number of species in the genus is unclear, as taxonomic reclassification is ongoing, and sources vary widely. Scincella species primarily range throughout the temperate regions of the world and are typically small, fossorial lizards, which consume a wide variety of arthropods .
The genus Scincella contains the following 35 recognized species.
Scincella apraefrontalis Nguyen et al., 2010 Scincella assatus (Cope , 1864) Scincella barbouri (Stejneger , 1925) Scincella bilineata (Gray, 1846) = Kaestlea bilineata Scincella boettgeri (Van Denburgh , 1912) Scincella capitanea Ouboter, 1986 Scincella caudaequinae (H.M. Smith, 1951) Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893) Scincella darevskii Nguyen et al., 2010 Scincella devorator (Darevsky , Orlov & Cuc, 2004) Scincella doriae (Boulenger , 1887) Scincella forbesora (Taylor , 1937) Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) Scincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864) Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang, 1982 Scincella incerta (Stuart, 1940) Scincella inconspicua (F. Müller, 1894) Scincella kikaapoa García-Vázquez et al., 2010 Scincella ladacensis (Günther, 1864) = Asymblepharus ladacensis Scincella lateralis (Say , 1823) Scincella macrotis (Steindachner , 1867) Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887) Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864) Scincella monticola (K.P. Schmidt, 1925) Scincella ochracea (Bourret , 1937) Scincella potanini (Günther, 1896) Scincella przewalskii (Bedriaga , 1912) Scincella punctatolineata (Boulenger, 1893) Scincella rara (Darevsky & Orlov, 1997) Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838) Scincella rufocaudatus (Darevsky & Nguyen, 1983) Scincella rupicola (M.A. Smith, 1916) Scincella schmidti (Barbour , 1927) Scincella sikimmensis (Blyth, 1854) = Asymblepharus sikimmensis Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937) Scincella tsinlingensis (Hu & Zhao, 1966) Scincella vandenburghi (K.P. Schmidt, 1927) Scincella victoriana (Shreve, 1940) Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scincella .
