Scincella modesta (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Scincella modesta modesta (GÜNTHER 1864) Scincella modesta septentrionalis (SCHMIDT 1925)
Common Names	E: Modest Ground Skink Chinese: 宁波滑蜥
Synonym	Eumeces modestus GÜNTHER 1864: 87 ? Mocoa exigua ANDERSON 1878 Lygosoma laterale — BOULENGER 1887 Leiolopisma laterale reevesii — VAN DENBURGH 1912 Leiolopisma laterale formosensis VAN DENBURGH 1912 Leiolopisma monticola SCHMIDT 1927: 497 (fide OUBOTER 1986) Leiolopisma septentrionale SCHMIDT 1927 Leiolopisma modestum SCHMIDT 1927 Leiolopisma reevesii — POPE 1935 Leiolopisma modestum — SMITH 1935 Scincella reevesii — WEBB, JONES & BYERS 1956 Scincella modesta MITTLEMAN 1952 Leiolopisma tsinlingensis HU & DJAO 1966 Scincella monticola — GREER 1974 Scincella modesta — GREER 1974: 7 Scincella septentrionalis — GREER 1974 Scincella tsinlingensis — GREER 1974 Scincella formosensis — GREER 1974 Scincella exigua — GREER 1974 Scincella modesta — OUBOTER 1986: 51 Scincella modesta modesta — WANG & ZHAO 1986 Scincella modesta — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011 Scincella modesta — WANG et al. 2022 Scincella modesta septentrionalis (SCHMIDT 1925) Leiolopisma septentrionalis SCHMIDT 1925: 2 Scincella septentrionalis — SHEA & GREER 2002: 156
Distribution	C China (northward to Hebei in the east, Fujian, Zhejiang) Type locality: Ningpo (= Ningbo), Zhejiang Province, China.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.16.75-76 Holotype: CAS 21678 [boettgeri] Holotype: MCZ 7966 [schmidti] Holotype: ZSI 4270 [Mocoa exigua Anderson 1879] Holotype: AMNH 21451 [septentrionalis]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately sized Scincella. Body slightly elongated. No projecting lobules. Small number of subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe. Lateral dark band distinct, usually not bordered by a lighter dorsolateral stripe and not broken up by lighter spots (Ouboter 1986: 52).
Comment	See discussion about synonyms in Ouboter (1986) who doesn’t distinguish between subspecies. Scincella vandenburghi (SCHMIDT 1927) and S. boettgeri have been removed from synonymy of S. modesta. S. potanini and S. schmidti have been considered as synonyms of S. modesta but are listed as valid species here. The original description is available online (see link below).
References	Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Chen, Szu-Lung; Tsutomu Hikida; Han, Sang-Hoon; Shim, Jae-Han; Oh, Hong-Shik & Hidetoshi Ota 2001. Taxonomic status of the Korean populations of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 35 (1): 122-129 - get paper here Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here Lazell, James; Lau, Michael;Lu, Wenhua 1997. A brief herpetological excursion to Wai Ling Ding, Wanshan Islands, South China Sea. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 80-84 - get paper here 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 Ouboter P E 1986. A revision of the genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution. Zoologische Verhandelingen (229): 1-66 - get paper here Pope, CLIFFORD H. 1935. The Reptiles of China. Turtes, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, Nat. Hist. Central Asia, 10: lii, 1-604 - get paper here Schmidt, K.P. 1927. Notes on Chinese reptiles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, 54 (4): 467-551 - get paper here Schmidt, KARL P. 1925. New reptiles and a new salamander from China. American Museum Novitates (157): 1-5. - get paper here 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 Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Van Denburgh, J., 1912. Concerning certain species of reptiles and amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. (Series 4) 3 (10): 187-258. - get paper here Wang, C. G. M. Z. X., Jia, S. Y. K. T. L., & Hu, C. Z. J. 2022. An updated species checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Fujian Province, China. Biodiversity Science, 22090 - get paper here Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Wang, YUE-ZHAO 1986. Studies on Chinese species of Scincella (Scincidae, Sauria) [in Chinese]. Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, [new ser.], 5 (4): 267-277 - get paper here Yang, Jing; Yan-Yan Sun, Tian-Boa Fu, Da-De Xu, Xiang Ji 2012. Selection for increased maternal body volume does not differ between two Scincella lizards with different reproductive modes. Zoology 115 (4): 199-206 - get paper here Zhang, Minchu; Chaonan Tang, Qing Zhang, Chengxiu Zhan, Chuanwu Chen, Yanping Wang 2024. Selective extinction and habitat nestedness are the main drivers of lizard nestedness in the Zhoushan Archipelago. Current Zoology, 70 (2): 244–252, - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.rphotobase.com/ecozone/img,2186,2 Google images

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