Scincella forbesorum

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = | genus = Scincella | species = forbesorum | authority = ([[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1937) | range_map = | synonyms = *''Leiolopisma forbesorum'' <br>{{small|Taylor, 1937}} *''Scincella gemmingeri forbesorum'' <br>{{small|— [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]] & Taylor, 1950}} *''Scincella forbesorum'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Glenn Michael Shea|Shea]] & [[Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]], 2002}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''''Scincella forbesorum''''', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Forbes' forest ground skink''' and '''''la escíncela de bosque de Forbes''''' in Mexican Spanish, is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]].<ref name=RDB/> The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Mexico]].

==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''forbesorum'' (genitive plural), is in honor of Mr. and Mrs. [[species:Dyfrig McHattie Forbes|Dyfrig McHattie Forbes]], Mexican planters who assisted visiting herpetologists.<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 forbesorum'', p. 92).</ref>

==Geographic range== ''S. forbesorum'' is known only from the Mexican state of [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]] in eastern central Mexico.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=forbesorum|accessdate=8 July 2020}}</ref>

==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''S. forbesorum'' is [[forest]], to which the common names refer. The [[holotype]] was collected at an altitude of {{cvt|7,000|ft|m}}.<ref name=RDB/>

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *[[species:Glenn Michael Shea|Shea GM]], [[species:Allen Eddy Greer|Greer AE]] (2002). "From ''Sphenomorphus'' to ''Lipinia'': Generic Reassignment of Two Poorly Known New Guinea Skinks". ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''36''' (2): 148–156. (''Scincella forbesorum'', new combination). *[[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]] (1951). "A New Species of ''Leiolopisma'' (Reptilia: Sauria) from Mexico". ''University of Kansas Science Bulletin'' '''34''' (1): 195–200. (''Leiolopisma gemmingeri forbesorum''). *[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor EH]] (1937). "Two New Lizards of the Genus ''Leiolopisma'' from Mexico, with Comments on Another Mexican Species". ''Copeia'' '''1937''' (1): 5–11. (''Leiolopisma forbesorum'', new species).

[[Category:Scincella]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1937]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor]]