# Scincella barbouri

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Species of lizard

Scincella barbouri Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Scincella Species: S. barbouri Binomial name Scincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925) Synonyms[2] Leiolopisma barbouri Stejneger, 1925 Scincella barbouri — Greer, 1974

***Scincella barbouri***, also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as **Barbour's ground skink**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [lizard](/source/Lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scincidae](/source/Scincidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [China](/source/China).

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *barbouri*, is in honor of American herpetologist [Thomas Barbour](/source/Thomas_Barbour).[3]

## Geographic range

*S. barbouri* is found in [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan) province, southwestern China. It may possibly also occur in adjacent [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan) province.[2]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *S. barbouri* is [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), at altitudes of 1,800–2,500 m (5,900–8,200 ft).[1]

## Reproduction

*S. barbouri* is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_18_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_18_November_2021_1-1) Rao, D.-Q. (2019). ["*Scincella barbouri*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/102649460/102649497). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2019** e.T102649460A102649497. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102649460A102649497.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102649460A102649497.en). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-2) [*Scincella barbouri*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scincella&species=barbouri) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 22 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens B](/source/Richard_Allen_%22Bo%22_Crombet-Beolens), [Watkins M](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)), [Grayson M](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Scincella barbouri*, p. 16).

## Further reading

- [Stejneger L](/source/Leonhard_Stejneger) (1925). "Description of a new scincid lizard and a new burrowing frog from China". *Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences* **15**: 150–152. (*Leiolopisma barbouri*, new species, pp. 150–151.

Taxon identifiers Scincella barbouri Wikidata: Q3475846 Wikispecies: Scincella barbouri CoL: 4VK23 GBIF: 2461366 iNaturalist: 37674 IRMNG: 10366033 IUCN: 102649460 Open Tree of Life: 4123922 RD: barbouri

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