Scincella formosensis (VAN DENBURGH, 1912)
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Scincella formosensis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Van Denburgh's Ground Skink |
| Synonym | Leiolopisma laterale formosensis VAN DENBURGH 1912: 7 Lygosoma laterale var. formosensis THOMPSON 1912 Lygosoma formosensis THOMPSON 1912 (fide SLEVIN & LEVITON 1956: 542) Scincella formosensis — MITTLEMAN 1952 Lygosoma reevesii formosensis — NAKAMURA & UÉNO 1963 Leiolopisma laterale — LIU YU 1970 Scincella formosensis — GREER 1974: 7 Scincella formosensis — CHEN et al. 2001 Scincella formosensis — SHEA & GREER 2002 Scincella formosensis — LINKEM et al. 2011 Scincella formosensis — KOIZUMI et al. 2014 |
| Distribution | Taiwan (endemic) Type locality: Kanshirei, Formosa [= Taiwan] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 25026 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Similar to L. laterale but with fewer (fifty-three to sixty-five) scales in a row on back between parietals and a line joining backs of thighs; scales around middle of body usually twenty-eight, often twenty-six, sometimes thirty; dark lateral band without very definite lower border; limbs usually overlapping when adpressed; frontal usually in contact with frontonasal. (Van Denburgh 1912: 7) |
| Comment | See Zhao & Adler for a discussion of priority problems concerning this and related species from Taiwan. |
| Etymology | Named after its distribution in Taiwan (= Formosa). |
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