Latitudinal range: 18.4° to 18.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 3 samples

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (edge), Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (interior), Caobas Ejido (mature forest)

See also Scincella, Scincella assata, Scincella gemmingeri, Scincella lateralis, Scincella modesta, Scincella reevesii, Scincella sp.