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Scincella gemmingeri (COPE, 1864)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cope’s Forest Ground Skink,
S: Escíncela de Bosque de Cope 
SynonymOligosoma gemmingeri COPE 1864: 180
Lygosoma (Mocoa) Gemmingeri — BOCOURT 1881: 449
Lygosoma laterale — BOULENGER 1887: 263
Lygosoma laterale — BOULENGER 1888
Leiolopisma gemmingeri — TAYLOR 1937
Scincella gemmingeri gemmingeri — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 159
Leiolopisma gemmingeri gemmingeri — SMITH 1951
Scincella gemmingeri — GREER 1974: 7
Scincella gemmingeri — KÖHLER 2000: 93
Scincella gemmingeri — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011 
DistributionSE Mexico (Chiapas, E Hidalgo, C/S Veracruz, Querétaro, Oaxaca south to Tehuantepec, on the slopes of the plateau and in lowlands, Tabasco [HR 30: 234], Puebla)

Type locality: Orizaba, Veracruz.  
Reproductionovoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 6331 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. Leiolopisma gemmingeri forbesorum is considered as valid species. Oligosoma gemmingeri COPE 1864 has been synonymized with Scincus lateralis SAY 1823 by GÜNTHER 1885. See also Scincella lateralis. 
EtymologyNamed after Max Gemminger (1820-1887) was a zoologist, entomologist, and coleopterist who was Curator of the beetle collection at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (1849-1887). 
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