# Scincella gemmingeri

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Species of lizard

Scincella gemmingeri Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Scincella Species: S. gemmingeri Binomial name Scincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864) Synonyms[2] Oligosoma gemmingeri Cope, 1864 Lygosoma (Mocoa) gemmingeri — Bocourt, 1881 Lygosoma laterale (part) — Boulenger, 1887 Leiolopisma gemmingeri — Taylor, 1937 Scincella gemmingeri — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950

***Scincella gemmingeri***, [commonly](/source/Common_name) known as the **forest ground skink**, **Cope's forest ground skink**, and ***la escíncela de bosque de Cope*** in Mexican Spanish, 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 [Mexico](/source/Mexico).

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *gemmingeri*, is in honor of [German](/source/Germans) [coleopterist](/source/Coleopterology) [Max Gemminger](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Max_Gemminger) (1820–1887).[3]

## Geographic range

*S. gemmingeri* is found in the coastal regions of the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) state of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz) and various surrounding states.[1]

## Habitat

As its common name implies, the forest ground skink occurs primarily in [forests](/source/Forest), especially [rainforests](/source/Rainforest), [oak](/source/Oak) forests, [cloud forests](/source/Cloud_forest), and [tropical evergreen forests](/source/Tropical_and_subtropical_coniferous_forests), at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft), although it is also sometimes found on [pastureland](/source/Pasture).[1]

## Conservation status

*S. gemmingeri* faced no major threats as of 2020.[1]

## Reproduction

*S. gemmingeri* is [ovoviparous](/source/Ovoviparity).[2]

## Description

Like all members of the [genus](/source/Genus) *Scincella*, *S. gemmingeri* is long and cylindrical, with short limbs. Its color is dark gray, and it has a dark stripe originating at the snout and running dorsolaterally along its body. Its maximum snout-vent length (SVL) is about 45 mm (1.8 in).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-3) [Canseco-Márquez, L.](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Luis_Canseco-M%C3%A1rquez) (2007). ["*Scincella gemmingeri*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64244/12758098). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2007** e.T64244A12758098. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64244A12758098.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64244A12758098.en). Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) Species *[Scincella gemmingeri](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scincella&species=gemmingeri)* at [The Reptile Database](http://www.reptile-database.org/) www.reptile-database.org.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins); 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). (*Scincella gemmingeri*, p. 99).

## Further reading

- [Cope ED](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope) (1864). "Contributions to the Herpetology of Tropical America". *Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia* **16**: 166-181. (*Oligosoma gemmingeri*, new species, p. 180).

- [García-Vásquez, Uri](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Uri_Omar_Garc%C3%ADa-V%C3%A1zquez); [Feria-Ortiz, Manuel](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Feria-Ortiz) (2006). "Skinks of Mexico". *Reptilia* (49): 74-79.

- García-Vázquez UO, [Mendoza-Hernández AA](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Alberto_Mendoza-Hern%C3%A1ndez) (2007). "*Scincella gemmingeri*. Geographic Distribution". *Herpetological Review* **38** (2): 218–220.

- Perea-Pérez, A.; Peralta-Hernández, R.; García-Vázquez, U.O. (2019). "Reproduction. *Scincella gemmingeri* (Cope's Forest Ground Skink)". *Herpetological Review* **50** (4): 791.

Taxon identifiers Scincella gemmingeri Wikidata: Q246204 Wikispecies: Scincella gemmingeri CoL: 4VK2P EoL: 460640 GBIF: 2461383 iNaturalist: 37667 IRMNG: 10361338 ITIS: 586081 IUCN: 64244 NCBI: 245655 Observation.org: 103139 Open Tree of Life: 745049 RD: gemmingeri

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