Scincella forbesorum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scincella |
| Species: | S. forbesorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Scincella forbesorum (Taylor, 1937)
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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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