Larutia penangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Larutia
Species: Larutia penangensis

Name

Larutia penangensis Grismer, Quah, Siler, Chan, Wood, Grismer, Anuar Mohd Sah & Ahmad, 2011: 33

• Holotype: ZRC 2.6918, juvenile of unknown sex, collected by Evan Quah on 13 June 2010.
• Type locality: “Penang Hill, Pulau Pinang, Penang (N.05.43825°, E100.28200°, ±5m; 308m asl.), Peninsular Malaysia”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Siler, C.D., Chan, K.O., Wood, Jr, P.L., Grismer, J.L., Anuar Mohd Sah, S. & Ahmad, N. 2011. Peninsular Malaysia’s first limbless lizard: a new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 2799(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2799.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Larutia penangensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 December 2022.
• Grismer, L. & Quah, E. 2018. IUCN: Larutia penangensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102346280A102346283. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102346280A102346283.en. Accessed on 29 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Penang Island Larut Skink