Scincella barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to China.
Etymology The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Scincella barbouri, p. 16).
Geographic range S. barbouri is found in Yunnan province, southwestern China. It may possibly also occur in adjacent Sichuan province.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of S. barbouri is shrubland, at altitudes of .
Reproduction S. barbouri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Stejneger L (1925). "Description of a new scincid lizard and a new burrowing frog from China". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 15: 150–152. (Leiolopisma barbouri, new species, pp. 150–151.