{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = Scincella assata.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Luis Canseco, Antonio Muñoz, Paulino Ponce |date=2013 |title=''Scincella assata'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T198504A2527458 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198504A2527458.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Scincella | species = assata | authority = ([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1864) | range_map = | synonyms = }}
The '''red forest skink''' ('''''Scincella assata''''') is a [[species]] of [[skink]] found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[Honduras]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=assata|accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:Scincella]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1864]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]] [[Category:Reptiles of Central America]]