# Scincella cherriei

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Species of skink found in Mexico

Scincella cherriei Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Scincella Species: S. cherriei Binomial name Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893) Synonyms[2] Mocoa cherriei Cope, 1893 Lygosoma assatum cherriei — L. Stuart, 1940 Leiolopisma cherriei — H.M. Smith, 1946 Scincella cherriei — Mittleman, 1950 Lygosoma cherriei — Mertens, 1952 Sphenmorphus cherriei — Greer, 1974 Scincella cherriei — Curlis et al. 2020

***Scincella cherriei***, [commonly](/source/Common_name) known as the **brown forest skink** and **Cope's brown forest skink**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [lizard](/source/Lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scincidae](/source/Scincidae). The species is native to [Central America](/source/Central_America) and adjacent southeastern [Mexico](/source/Mexico). Three [subspecies](/source/Subspecies) are recognized.

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *cherriei*, is in honor of [George Kruck Cherrie](/source/George_Kruck_Cherrie), who was an American naturalist and ornithologist.[3]

The [subspecific name](/source/Subspecies), *stuarti*, is in honor of American herpetologist [Laurence Cooper Stuart](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Cooper_Stuart).[3]

## Geographic range

*S. cherriei* is found in [Belize](/source/Belize), [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Honduras](/source/Honduras), Mexico ([Puebla](/source/Puebla), [Quintana Roo](/source/Quintana_Roo), [Tabasco](/source/Tabasco), [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz), [Yucatán](/source/Yucat%C3%A1n)), and [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua).[2]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *S. cherriei* is [forest](/source/Forest), at altitudes from sea level to 1,860 m (6,100 ft).[1]

## Diet

*S. cherriei* [preys](/source/Predation) upon small [invertebrates](/source/Invertebrate).[1]

## Reproduction

*S. cherriei* is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).[1][2]

## Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the [nominotypical subspecies](/source/Nominotypical_subspecies).[2]

- *Scincella cherriei cherriei* ([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1893)

- *[Scincella cherriei ixbaac](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scincella_cherriei_ixbaac&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([L. Stuart](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Cooper_Stuart), 1940)

- *[Scincella cherriei stuarti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scincella_cherriei_stuarti&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([H.M. Smith](/source/Hobart_Muir_Smith), 1941)

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [trinomial authority](/source/Trinomen) in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a [genus](/source/Genus) other than *Scincella*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-3) [Chaves G](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Chaves), [Köhler G](/source/Gunther_K%C3%B6hler), [Lamar W](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Willim_W._Lamar), [Nicholson K](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_E._Nicholson) (2013). "*Scincella cherriei* (errata version published in 2019)". The [IUCN](/source/IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198510A152272640. [https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198510A152272640.en](https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198510A152272640.en). Downloaded on 07 July 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-3) [*Scincella cherriei*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scincella&species=cherriei) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 22 March 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bo_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bo_3-1) [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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). (*Sphenomorphus cherriei*, p. 53; *S. c. stuarti*, p. 257).

## Further reading

- [Cope ED](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope) (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).

- [Savage JM](/source/Jay_M._Savage) (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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-226-73537-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-226-73537-0).

- [Smith HM](/source/Hobart_Muir_Smith) (1941). "A New Race of *Lygosoma* from Mexico". *Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington* **54**: 181–182. (*Lygosoma cherriei stuarti*, new subspecies).

- [Stuart LC](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Cooper_Stuart) (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).

Taxon identifiers Scincella cherriei Wikidata: Q3475851 Wikispecies: Scincella cherriei CoL: 4VK2B GBIF: 2464415 iNaturalist: 146423 IRMNG: 10500588 IUCN: 198510 NCBI: 155308 Open Tree of Life: 218198 RD: cherriei

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