Scincella melanosticta

Scincella melanosticta

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scincella
Species:	S. melanosticta
Binomial name
*Scincella melanosticta* (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
Lygosoma melanostictum Boulenger 1887 Lygosoma melanosticum (sic!) Smith 1916 Lygosoma reevesi melanosticum Smith 1935 Leiolopisma siamensis TAYLOR & Elbel 1958 Leiolopisma melanostictum Taylor 1963 Leiolopisma siamensis Taylor 1963 Scincella melanosticta Greer 1974 Scincella siamensis Greer 1974 Scincella melanosticta Manthey & Grossmann 1997 Scincella melanosticta Linkem, Diesmos & Brown 2011 Scincella melanosticta kohtaoensis (Cochran 1927) Leiolopisma kohtaoensis Cochran 1927 Leiolopisma kohtaoensis Taylor 1963 Scincella kohtaoensis Greer 1974 Scincella melanosticta kohtaoensis Ouboter 1986 Scincella kohtaoensis Shea & Greer 2002

Scincella melanosticta, also known as black ground skink or black-spotted smooth skink, is a species of skink in the genus of Scincella.^[1]^[2] It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and possibly also in Laos.^[2]

References

↑ "Scincella melanosticta". Thenationalparks.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
1 2 Scincella melanosticta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 October 2014.

External links

"Flickr photo from Cambodia by Lukas Ackermann". Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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