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Scincella silvicola (TAYLOR, 1937)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Correlón
E: Taylor’s Ground Skink 
SynonymLeiolopisma silvicolum TAYLOR 1937: 5
Scincella silvicola — MITTLEMAN 1950: 20
Scincella silvicola — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 158
Scincella silvicola — GREER 1974: 7
Scincella silvicola — LINER 1994
Scincella silvicola — GARCIA-VÁZQUEZ & FERIA-ORTIZ 2006
Scincella silvicola silvicola — GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2010
Scincella silvicola — LINKEM et al. 2011
Scincella silvicola — LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2016: 131 
DistributionMexico (atlantic slopes in C Veracruz and in the headwaters of the Rio Papaloapam in Oaxaca, Quéretaro, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Puebla, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Guanajuato).

Type locality: Forested hill about 10 miles southeast of Córdoba, near San Lorenzo, Veracruz.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100008 (fide SHEA & GREER 2002); was: EHT-HMS 10033 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the "Oligosoma" group, having two fronto-parietals, Interparietal enclosed by parietals. Scales in 30-32 rows around middle of body, 38-40 about axillary region; lateral scales smaller than dorsals which in turn are smaller than ventrals; 20 lamellae under longest toe; normally two pairs of nuchals, anterior not in contact with the upper secondary temporal; limbs pentadactyl, elongate; when adpressed they overlap somewhat more than length of longest toe; posterior loreal higher than long. Ear opening large, round, smaller than eye opening; tympanum deeply sunk; frontal shorter than frontoparietals and interparietals together. Above brown,with a light dorsolateral line interrupted by dark brown dots. A rather distinct, lateral, dark brown stripe, punctated with small, rounded, dull cream spots; uniform cream-white below, without pigment or metallic reflections, save a few dark spots on latter half of tail (Taylor 1937).


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CommentDistribution: Not listed for San Luis Potosí by Lemos-Espinal et al. 2018 (checklist SLP). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is derived from the Latin words silva, meaning "forest" and-cola, meaning "an inhabitant." 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • Canseco-Márquez, L., & Gutiérrrez-Mayén, M.G. 2010. Anfibios y reptiles del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, México D.F., Mexico, 302 pp - get paper here
  • Clause, Adam G., Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Malcolm A. Greeley and Gary R. Clause. 2015. Scincella silvicola (Taylor's ground skink) arboreality. Herpetological Review 46 (3): 438 - get paper here
  • Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Tlalnepantla UNAM, 428 pp.
  • García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2010. A New Species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Copeia 2010 (3): 373-381 - get paper here
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  • Linkem, Charles W.; Arvin C. Diesmos, Rafe M. Brown 2011. Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1217–1243 - get paper here
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  • Shea, Glenn M. and Allen E. Greer 2002. From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: Generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 148-156 - get paper here
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