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Scincella cherriei

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Scincella cherriei, commonly known as the brown forest skink and Cope's brown forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central America and adjacent southeastern Mexico. Three subspecies are recognized.

Etymology

The specific name, cherriei, is in honor of George Kruck Cherrie, who was an American naturalist and ornithologist.[3]

The subspecific name, stuarti, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Cooper Stuart.[3]

Geographic range

S. cherriei is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán), and Nicaragua.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. cherriei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,860 m (6,100 ft).[1]

Diet

S. cherriei preys upon small invertebrates.[1]

Reproduction

S. cherriei is oviparous.[1][2]

Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Scincella.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Chaves G, Köhler G, Lamar W, Nicholson K (2013). "Scincella cherriei (errata version published in 2019)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198510A152272640. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198510A152272640.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Scincella cherriei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b 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. (Sphenomorphus cherriei, p. 53; S. c. stuarti, p. 257).
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Scincella cherriei: Brief Summary

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Scincella cherriei, commonly known as the brown forest skink and Cope's brown forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central America and adjacent southeastern Mexico. Three subspecies are recognized.

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