Brachymeles makusog

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Brachymeles makusog Siler, Diesmos & Brown, 2010: 50

Holotype: PNM 9565 (formerly KU 308135), adult ♂, collected by Cameron D. Siler and Jason B. Fernandez on 1 March 2007.
Type locality: “at 2-1 m elevation (13°47'19.3492"N, 124°21'17.712" E; WGS-84) Sitio Tungaw, Barangay San Pedro, Municipality of Gigmoto, Catanduanes Province, Catanduanes Island, Philippines”.

Siler, C.D., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. New Loam-Swimming Skink, Genus Brachymeles (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Luzon and Catanduanes Islands, Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 44(1): 49–60. DOI: 10.1670/08-318.1 Reference page.

Binaday, J. 2022. IUCN: Brachymeles makusog (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199784A2612060. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199784A2612060.en. Accessed on 17 December 2025.