Parvoscincus

Parvoscincus cf. decipiens

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: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Parvoscincus
Species (24): P. abstrusus – P. agtorum – P. arvindiesmosi – P. aurorus – P. banahaoensis – P. beyeri – P. boyingi – P. decipiens – P. duwendorum – P. hadros – P. igorotorum – P. jimmymcguirei – P. kitangladensis – P. laterimaculatus – P. lawtoni – P. leucospilos – P. luzonensis – P. manananggalae – P. palaliensis – P. palawanensis – P. sisoni – P. steerei – P. tagapayo – P. tikbalangi

Name

Parvoscincus Ferner, Brown & Greer, 1997: 187

• Type species: Parvoscincus sisoni Ferner, Brown & Greer, 1997, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Ferner, J.W., Brown, R.M. & Greer, A.E. 1997. A new genus and species of moist closed canopy forest skinks from the Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 31(2): 187–192. DOI: 10.2307/1565386 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brown, R.M., Linkem, C.W., Balete, D., Duya, M.V., Diesmos, A.C. & Ferner, J.W. 2010. Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the status of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 42: 1–27. handle. 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. 
• Linkem, C.W. & Brown, R.M. 2013. Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 3700(4): 501–533. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1 Reference page. 
• Siler, C.D., Linkem, C.W., Cobb, K., Watters, J.L., Cummings, S.T., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the semi-aquatic skink Parvoscincus leucospilos (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3847(3): 388–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Parvoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2018.

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