Brachymeles boulengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species: Brachymeles boulengeri

Name

• Brachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922: 246

Holotype: BSMP (formerly EHT 205). [destroyed during WWII]

Neotype: PNM 9720 (formerly KU 307756), adult ♂. [designated by Siler & Brown (2010: 10)]

Type locality: “Polillo Island”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Barangay Pinaglubayan, Municipality of Polillo, Quezon Province, Polillo Island, Philippines (14º45'09" N, 121º58'06" E; WGS-84)”, by Siler & Brown (2010: 10).

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Bureau of Science Publications no. 17. Bureau of Printing: Manila. 269 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Siler, C.D. & Brown, R.M. 2010. Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles): Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 24(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Brachymeles boulengeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 April 2018.
• Gonzalez, J.C. & Diesmos, A. 2009. IUCN: Brachymeles boulengeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169752A6669355. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169752A6669355.en

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Short-legged Skink