Scincella forbesorum (TAYLOR, 1937)
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Scincella forbesorum
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Forbe’s Forest Ground Skink S: Escíncela de Bosque de Forbes |
| Synonym | Leiolopisma forbesorum TAYLOR 1937 Leiolopisma gemmingeri forbesorum — SMITH 1951 Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 159 Scincella forbesora — GREER 1974: 33 Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum — LINER 1994 Scincella forbesorum — SHEA & GREER 2002: 156 Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum — GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2010 Scincella forbesora — LINKEM et al. 2011 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Hidalgo) Type locality: La Placita, Hidalgo, 8 miles south of Jacala, elevation 7,000 feet. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 100031 (formerly EHT-HMS 10043), La Placita, Hidalgo, 8 miles S Jacala, Mexico, collected E.H. Taylor, 2.vii.1936 (fide Marx, 1976, SHEA & GREER 2002) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Related to Leiolopisma silvicolum and L. gemmingeri, but differing from the former in having shorter, more poorly developed limbs, which fail to meet in both males and females (adults) when adpressed, in the character of the tertiary temporals and nuchals, and number of scale rows; from gemmingeri it differs in the character of the temporals and nuchals, in having a shorter body (shorter axilla to groin distance in proportion to total length); it is a smaller species. Normally a single large nuchal, curving about the parietals and in contact with the very large upper secondary temporal; a lateral brown band to tail, but not distinctly continued on tail; this is bordered above by a very dim, usually continuous narrow light line, while the lower edge is less densely dark, with occasional lighter blotches; the dark stripe involves upper third of ear; lower on sides, color lead gray, with occasional darker flecks, especially on side of head and neck and on lips; subcaudals enlarged; they are wider and longer than adjoining scales, and each is fan-shaped; arm reaches a little beyond ear; scale rows about middle of body, 28; maximum length, 54.2; frontoparietal divided (Taylor 1937). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | A patronimic after Mr. and Mrs. Dyfrig McH. Forbes (original spelling by Taylor), who hosted E. Taylor during his stay in Potrero Viejo, Veracruz. The genitive “-ōrum” indicates pertenence or possession. |
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