Ground Skink
Scincella lateralis (Say, 1822)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Family | Scincidae |
| Genus | Scincella |
| Species | Scincella lateralis (Say, 1822) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Arkansas
- Baxter, Sharp
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2007.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Cooper, J.E. 1975. Ecological and behavioral studies in Shelta Cave, Alabama, with emphasis on decapod crustaceans. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 364 pp.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Miller, B.T. 2009. A survey of the cave-associated herpetofauna of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas, USA, Volume 1: 249–256.
How to cite this account
Scincella lateralis (Say, 1822). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2912. https://cavebiology.org/species/scincella-lateralis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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