# Scincella reevesii

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Species of lizard

Scincella reevesii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Scincella Species: S. reevesii Binomial name Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838) Synonyms[1] Tiliqua reevesii Gray, 1838 Eumeces reevesii — Günther, 1864 Lygosoma nigropunctatum Bocourt, 1878 Lygosoma kakhiensis Boulenger, 1887 Leiolopisma eunice Cochran, 1927 Leiolopisma reevesii — Schmidt, 1927 Leiolopisma smithi Cochran, 1941 Scincella reevesii — Mittleman, 1952 Leiolopisma pootipongi Taylor, 1962 Scincella ochracea Greer, 1974 Sphenomorphus reevesii — Das, 1997 Scincella reevesii — Linkem et al., 2011

***Scincella reevesii*** (common name: **Reeves's smooth skink**) is a [species](/source/Species) of [skink](/source/Skink), a lizard in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scincidae](/source/Scincidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Asia](/source/Asia).[1]

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *reevesii*, is in honor of English [naturalist](/source/Natural_history) [John Reeves](/source/John_Reeves_(naturalist)).[2]

## Geographic range

*S. reevesii* is found in southern [China](/source/China) ([Guangxi](/source/Guangxi), [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong), [Hainan](/source/Hainan), [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong)), [Indochina](/source/Indochina) ([Thailand](/source/Thailand), [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)) and south to [Western Malaysia](/source/Western_Malaysia), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), [India](/source/India), and [Nepal](/source/Nepal).[1] There is also a questionable record from [Korea](/source/Korea). Reports from [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh) represent *[Sphenomorphus maculatus](/source/Sphenomorphus_maculatus)*.[1]

## Reproduction

*S. reevesii* is [ovoviviparous](/source/Ovoviviparity).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RDB_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-RDB_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-RDB_1-4) [*Scincella reevesii*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scincella&species=reevesii) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 4 July 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Beolens, Bo; 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). (*Scincella reevesii*, p. 218).

## Further reading

- [Bocourt MF](/source/Marie_Firmin_Bocourt) (1878). "*Note sur quelques Scincoidiens nouveaux* ". *Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Sixième Série* [Sixth Series] **8** (16): 1–4. (*Lygosoma nigropunctatum*, new species, pp. 2–3). (in French).

- [Gray JE](/source/John_Edward_Gray) (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. 292–293).

- [Ouboter PE](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_E._Ouboter&action=edit&redlink=1) (1986). "A revision of the genus *Scincella* (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of Asia, with some notes on its evolution". *Zoologische Verhandelingen* (Leiden) **229**: 1-66. [PDF](http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317820)

Taxon identifiers Scincella reevesii Wikidata: Q1037156 Wikispecies: Scincella reevesii BOLD: 922295 CoL: 4VK3T GBIF: 2461348 iNaturalist: 112319 IUCN: 102346884 NCBI: 245656 Open Tree of Life: 745022 RD: reevesii

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