{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | name = | image = Scincella reevesii 2.jpg | genus = Scincella | species = reevesii | authority = ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1838) | synonyms = *''Tiliqua reevesii'' <br>{{small|Gray, 1838}} *''Eumeces reevesii'' <br>{{small|— [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1864}} *''Lygosoma nigropunctatum'' <br>{{small|[[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt]], 1878}} *''Lygosoma kakhiensis'' <br>{{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1887}} *''Leiolopisma eunice'' <br>{{small|[[Doris Mable Cochran|Cochran]], 1927}} *''Leiolopisma reevesii'' <br>{{small|— [[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1927}} *''Leiolopisma smithi'' <br>{{small|Cochran, 1941}} *''Scincella reevesii'' <br>{{small|— [[Myron Budd Mittleman|Mittleman]], 1952}} *''Leiolopisma pootipongi'' <br>{{small|[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1962}} *''Scincella ochracea'' <br>{{small|[[Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]], 1974}} *''Sphenomorphus reevesii'' <br>{{small|— [[:fr:Indraneil Das|Das]], 1997}} *''Scincella reevesii'' <br>{{small|— [[Charles W. Linkem|Linkem]] et al., 2011}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''''Scincella reevesii''''' (common name: '''Reeves's smooth skink''') is a [[species]] of [[skink]], a lizard in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Asia]].<ref name=RDB/>

==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''reevesii'', is in honor of English [[Natural history|naturalist]] [[John Reeves (naturalist)|John Reeves]].<ref>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}}. (''Scincella reevesii'', p. 218).</ref>

==Geographic range== ''S. reevesii'' is found in southern [[China]] ([[Guangxi]], [[Guangdong]], [[Hainan]], [[Hong Kong]]), [[Indochina]] ([[Thailand]], [[Cambodia]], [[Vietnam]]) and south to [[Western Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[India]], and [[Nepal]].<ref name=RDB/> There is also a questionable record from [[Korea]]. Reports from [[Bangladesh]] represent ''[[Sphenomorphus maculatus]]''.<ref name=RDB/>

==Reproduction== ''S. reevesii'' is [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Scincella|species=reevesii|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> }}

==Further reading== *[[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt MF]] (1878). "''Note sur quelques Scincoidiens nouveaux'' ". ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série'' [Sixth Series] '''8''' (16): 1–4. (''Lygosoma nigropunctatum'', new species, pp.&nbsp;2–3). (in French). *[[John Edward Gray|Gray JE]] (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series'' '''2''' (10): 287–293. (''Tiliqua reevesii'', new species, pp.&nbsp;292–293). *[[Paul E. Ouboter|Ouboter PE]] (1986). "A revision of the genus ''Scincella'' (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' (Leiden) '''229''': 1-66. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317820 PDF]

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[[Category:Scincella]] [[Category:Reptiles of Cambodia]] [[Category:Reptiles of China]] [[Category:Reptiles of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Lizards of India]] [[Category:Lizards of Malaysia]] [[Category:Reptiles of Myanmar]] [[Category:Reptiles of Nepal]] [[Category:Lizards of Thailand]] [[Category:Lizards of Vietnam]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1838]] [[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]

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