Insulasaurus wrighti

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

Holotype: MCZ 26301 (formerly EHT 1478).

Type locality: “Thumb Peak, near Iwahig, Palawan ... elevation 1,000 meters”, Philippines.

Sphenomorphus wrighti — Greer & Parker, 1967: 9 [subsequent combination]
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) wrighti — Brown & Alcala, 1970: 113 [subsequent combination]

Taylor, E.H. 1925. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, IV. Philippine Journal of Science 26(1): 97–111. Reference page.

Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2011. Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 1217–1243. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00747.x Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Insulasaurus wrighti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2018.
Brown, R. & Dimalibot, J. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus wrighti (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169886A6686358. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169886A6686358.en