Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia
Scincella vandenburghi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scincella |
Species: | S. vandenburghi
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Binomial name | |
Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)
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S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan.[2]
Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta.[1][2]
S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences.[2][3]
S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor.[1]
S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer.[1]