title: Scincella vandenburghi
text: # Scincella vandenburghi
  
  Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  S. vandenburghi is found on the Korean peninsula and on Tsushima Island, Japan.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Scincella vandenburghi may be a synonym of Scincella modesta.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  S. vandenburghi is named after John Van Denburgh, curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  S. vandenburghi inhabits temperate forests where it can be found on the forest floor.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  S. vandenburghi is oviparous, laying one to nine eggs in early summer.
  
  