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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesScincella assata assata (COPE 1864)
Scincella assata taylori (OLIVER 1937) 
Common NamesE: Ground Skink, Red Forest Skink
S: Eslaboncillo Cola Roja
E: Red Forest Skink [assata]
S: Eslaboncillo Rojo [assata]
E: Taylor’s Forest Skink [taylori]
S: Eslaboncillo de Taylor [taylori] 
SynonymLampropholis assatus COPE 1864: 179
Mocoa assata — COPE 1876: 115
Lygosoma assatum — BOCOURT 1879
Mocoa assata — GÜNTHER 1885: 31
Leiolopisma assatum — BURT 1935: 177
Lygosoma assatum assatum — STUART 1940: 12
Scincella assata assata — MITTLEMAN 1950: 20
Scincella assata assata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 160
Lygosoma assatum assatum — MERTENS 1952: 57
Leiolopisma assatum assatum — STUART 1963
Leiolopisma assatum — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970
Sphenomorphus assatus — GREER 1974: 34
Sphenomorphus assatus — LINER 1994
Sphenomorphus assatus — KÖHLER 2000: 93
Scincella assata — GARCIA-VÁZQUEZ & FERIA-ORTIZ 2006
Sphenomorphus assatus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Scincella assata — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011
Scincella assatus — PERCINO-DANIEL et al. 2013
Scincella assata — MCCRANIE 2015
Sphenomorphus assatus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Sphenomorphus assatus — JOHNSON et al. 2015
Scincella assata — CRUZ-SAENZ et al. 2017

Scincella assata taylori (OLIVER 1937)
Leiolopisma assatum taylori OLIVER 1937
Scincella assata taylori — MITTLEMAN 1950: 20
Scincella assata taylori — ÁLVAREZ DEL TORO & SMITH 1956: 11
Scincella assata taylori — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 160
Scincella assata taylori — WERLER & SMITH 1952
Sphenomorphus assatus taylori — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (Colima), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras [HR 30: 111]

assata: Pacific slopes, SE Chiapas southward to Honduras; Belize (Neill & Allen 1959); Type locality: Volcán Isalco, El Salvador.

taylori: Colima to SW Chiapas, in lower areas. Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca. Type locality: Santiago, Colima.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 9465 (assata)
Holotype: UMMZ 80107 [taylori] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy, distribution, and subspecies mainly after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. Not listed for Nicaragua by KÖHLER (2000). Not in Nicaragua fide Sunyer & Martínez-Fonseca 2023 (checklist Nicaragua). 
EtymologyThe name assata is formed from the Latin word assis (a copper coin) and the Latin suffix –ata (provided with, having the nature of, pertaining to). The name refers to the ‘‘fulvous’’ coloration described by Cope (1865a: 180) for the holotype. 
References
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