Parvoscincus beyeri

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: Parvoscincus
Species: Parvoscincus beyeri

Name

• Parvoscincus beyeri (Taylor, 1922)

Holotype: CAS 61183 (formerly EHT 17).

Type locality: “Mount Banahao, Laguna Province [now Quezon Province], Luzon, [Philippines,] altitute about 1,500 meters”.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus beyeri Taylor, 1922: 283 [original combination]
• Parvoscincus beyeri — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1236 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, II. Philippine Journal of Science 21(3): 257–303. BHL 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. 

Additional references

• Brown, R.M., Ferner, J.W. & Sison, R.V. 1995. Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri (Lacertilia; Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(1): 6–17. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus beyeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 April 2018.
• Brown, R., Gonzalez, J.C., Rico, E., Diesmos, M. & Afuang, L. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus beyeri  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169909A6689162. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169909A6689162.en

Vernacular names

English: Beyer's Sphenomorphus