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Scincella melanosticta (Black Ground Skink, Black-spotted Smooth Skink)

Synonyms: Leiolopisma kohtaoensis; Leiolopisma siamensis; Lygosoma melanostictum

Wikipedia Abstract

Scincella melanosticta, also known as black ground skink or black-spotted smooth skink, is a species of skink in the genus of Scincella. It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and possibly also in Laos.
View Wikipedia Record: Scincella melanosticta

Infraspecies

Scincella melanosticta kohtaoensis
Scincella melanosticta melanosticta

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Doi Suthep-pui National Park II 70007 Thailand  
Khao Luang National Park II 143331 Thailand
Mae Ping National Park II 259897 Thailand
Phu Phan National Park II 176082 Thailand

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0