title: Scincella forbesorum
text: # Scincella forbesorum
  
  Scincella forbesorum, also known commonly as Forbes' forest ground skink and la escíncela de bosque de Forbes in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, forbesorum (genitive plural), is in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Dyfrig McHattie Forbes, Mexican planters who assisted visiting herpetologists.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  S. forbesorum is known only from the Mexican state of Hidalgo in eastern central Mexico.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of S. forbesorum is forest, to which the common names refer. The holotype was collected at an altitude of 7,000 ft (2,100 m).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  The mode of reproduction of S. forbesorum is unknown.
  
  