Scincella doriae

{{short description|Species of skink found in Mexico}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Panitvong, N. |author-link=species:Nonn Panitvong |author2=Cota, M. |author2-link=species:Michael Cota |author3=Lwin, K. |author3-link=species:Kyi Soe Lwin |author4=Wogan, G. |author4-link =species:Guinevere O.U. Wogan |author5=Nguyen, T.Q. |author5-link=species:Truong Quang Nguyen |date=2018 |title=''Scincella doriae'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T102649742A102649772 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102649742A102649772.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Scincella | species = doriae | authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1887) | range_map = | synonyms = *''Lygosoma doriae'' <br />{{small|Boulenger, 1887}} *''Leiolopisma doriae'' <br />{{small|— [[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1927}} *''Scincella doriae'' <br />{{small|— [[Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]], 1974}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''''Scincella doriae''''', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Doria's ground skink''' and '''Doria's smooth skink''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is native to [[Southeast Asia]].

==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''doriae'', is in honor of Italian zoologist [[Giacomo Doria]].<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Scincella doriae'', p. 75).</ref>

==Geographic range== ''A. doriae'' is found in [[China]] ([[Sichuan]], [[Yunnan]]), [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021"/><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=doriae|accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>

==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''S. doriae'' is [[forest]], at altitudes around {{cvt|1,200|m|ft}}.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021"/>

==Description== Large for the [[genus]] ''[[Scincella]]'', adults of ''S. doriae'' have an average [[Snout–vent length|snout-to-vent length]] (SVL) of {{cvt|5.6|cm|in}}.<ref name=RDB/>

==Reproduction== The [[Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''S. doriae'' is unknown.<ref name=RDB/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1887). "An account of the Scincoid Lizards collected in Burma, for the Genoa Civic Museum, by Messrs. G. B. Comotto and [[Leonardo Fea|L. Fea]]". ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda'' '''4''': 618–624. (''Lygosoma doriæ'', new species, p. 620). *Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Lygosoma doriæ'', p. 201). *[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt KP]] (1927). "Notes on Chinese Reptiles". ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' '''54''' (4): 467–551. (''Leiolopisma doriæ'', new combination, p. 502).

[[Category:Scincella]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1887]] [[Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger]]