Parvoscincus beyeri

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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Holotype: CAS 61183 (formerly EHT 17).

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

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

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.

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. hdl: 1808/26176 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. 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