NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Modest Ground Skink
Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scincella modesta (Günther, 1864)
- Name authority
- (Günther, 1864)
- Common name
- Modest Ground Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Scincella
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilySphenomorphinae
- genusScincella
- speciesScincella modesta (Günther, 1864)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scincella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Huulien Ground SkinkScincella apraefrontalis Nguyen, Nguyen, Böhme & Ziegler, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ground SkinkScincella assata (Cope, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbour's Ground SkinkScincella barbouri (Stejneger, 1925) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boettger's Ground SkinkScincella boettgeri (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Forbe’s Forest Ground SkinkScincella forbesorum (Taylor, 1937) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Van Denburgh's Ground SkinkScincella formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope’s Forest Ground SkinkScincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang, 1982 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large- eared ground skinkScincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scincella potanini (Günther, 1896) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burma Smooth SkinkScincella punctatolineata (Boulenger, 1893) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Double subdigital-pads skinkScincella rara (Darevsky & Orlov, 1997) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eumeces modestus Günther, 1864 Günther, 1864 | synonym |
| Leiolopisma modestum Schmidt, 1927 Schmidt, 1927 | synonym |
| Leiolopisma tsinlingensis Hu & Djao, 1966 Hu & Djao, 1966 | ambiguous synonym |
| Leiolopisma monticola Schmidt, 1927 Schmidt, 1927 | ambiguous synonym |
| Mocoa exigua Anderson, 1878 Anderson, 1878 | synonym |
| Leiolopisma septentrionale Schmidt, 1927 Schmidt, 1927 | synonym |
| Leiolopisma septentrionalis Schmidt, 1925 Schmidt, 1925 | synonym |
| Leiolopisma laterale formosensis Van Denburgh, 1912 Van Denburgh, 1912 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Scincella&species=modesta Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VK3B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.