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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 — CASTILLO-CABRERA et al. 2025

Scincella assata taylori (OLIVER 1937)
Leiolopisma assatum taylori OLIVER 1937
Lygosoma assatum taylori — STUART 1940: 14
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] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1325 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
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). 
References
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