{{short description|Species of skink found in Mexico}} {{Speciesbox | image = Scincella cherriei.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>[[species:Gerardo Chaves|Chaves G]], [[Gunther Köhler|Köhler G]], [[species:Willim W. Lamar|Lamar W]], [[species:Kirsten E. Nicholson|Nicholson K]] (2013). "''Scincella cherriei'' (errata version published in 2019)". The [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198510A152272640. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198510A152272640.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2020.</ref> | genus = Scincella | species = cherriei | authority = ([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1893) | range_map = | synonyms = *''Mocoa cherriei'' <br>{{small|Cope, 1893}} *''Lygosoma assatum cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[:fr:Laurence Cooper Stuart|L. Stuart]], 1940}} *''Leiolopisma cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1946}} *''Scincella cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Myron Budd Mittleman|Mittleman]], 1950}} *''Lygosoma cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[Robert Mertens|Mertens]], 1952}} *''Sphenmorphus cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]], 1974}} *''Scincella cherriei'' <br>{{small|— [[species:John David Curlis|Curlis]] et al. 2020}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}
'''''Scincella cherriei''''', [[Common name|commonly]] known as the '''brown forest skink''' and '''Cope's brown forest skink''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is native to [[Central America]] and adjacent southeastern [[Mexico]]. Three [[subspecies]] are recognized.
==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''cherriei'', is in honor of [[George Kruck Cherrie]], who was an American naturalist and ornithologist.<ref name=Bo>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Sphenomorphus cherriei'', p. 53; ''S. c. stuarti'', p. 257).</ref>
The [[Subspecies|subspecific name]], ''stuarti'', is in honor of American herpetologist [[species:Laurence Cooper Stuart|Laurence Cooper Stuart]].<ref name=Bo/>
==Geographic range== ''S. cherriei'' is found in [[Belize]], [[Costa Rica]], [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], Mexico ([[Puebla]], [[Quintana Roo]], [[Tabasco]], [[Veracruz]], [[Yucatán]]), and [[Nicaragua]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=cherriei|accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>
==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''S. cherriei'' is [[forest]], at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|1,860|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=IUCN/>
==Diet== ''S. cherriei'' [[Predation|preys]] upon small [[invertebrate]]s.<ref name=IUCN/>
==Reproduction== ''S. cherriei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/>
==Subspecies== The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the [[nominotypical subspecies]].<ref name=RDB/> *''Scincella cherriei cherriei'' {{small|([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1893)}} *''[[Scincella cherriei ixbaac]]'' {{small|([[:fr:Laurence Cooper Stuart|L. Stuart]], 1940)}} *''[[Scincella cherriei stuarti]]'' {{small|([[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1941)}}
''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Trinomen|trinomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a [[genus]] other than ''Scincella''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope ED]] (1893). "Second Addition to the Knowledge of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica". ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'' '''31''': 333–347. (''Mocoa cherriei'', new species, pp. 340–341). *[[Jay M. Savage|Savage JM]] (2002). ''The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas''. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 954 pp. {{ISBN|0-226-73537-0}}. *[[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]] (1941). "A New Race of ''Lygosoma'' from Mexico". ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' '''54''': 181–182. (''Lygosoma cherriei stuarti'', new subspecies). *[[:fr:Laurence Cooper Stuart|Stuart LC]] (1940). "Notes on the ''Lampropholis'' group of Middle American ''Lygosoma'' (Scincidae) with descriptions of two new forms". ''Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan'' (421): 1–16. (''Lygosoma assatum ixbaac'', new subspecies, pp. 8–10).
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[[Category:Scincella]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1893]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]]
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