Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)

Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)

Scincella vandenburghi is an oviparous East Asian skink found on the Korean peninsula and Japan’s Tsushima Island.

Family
Genus
Scincella
Order
Class
Squamata

About Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)

Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927) is a species of skink, a type of lizard belonging to the family Scincidae. It is commonly known by multiple common names: the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink. This species is endemic to East Asia. Its geographic range covers the Korean peninsula and Tsushima Island, Japan. It inhabits temperate forests, and is typically found living on the forest floor. S. vandenburghi is oviparous, and lays between one and nine eggs in early summer.

Photo: (c) Kim, Hyun-tae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kim, Hyun-tae · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Scincella

More from Scincidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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