Pinoyscincus coxi

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: Pinoyscincus
Species: Pinoyscincus coxi
Subspecies (2): P. c. coxi – P. c. divergens

Name

• Pinoyscincus coxi (Taylor, 1915)

Holotype: BSMP 1782. [destroyed during WWII]

Type locality: “Bunauan, Agusan Province, Mindanao”, Philippines.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus coxi Taylor, 1915: 100 [original combination]
• Pinoyscincus coxi — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1234 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1915. New species of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science 10(2): 89–109. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pinoyscincus coxi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 March 2018.
• Brown, R., Diesmos, A. & Gaulke, M. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus coxi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169759A6670213. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169759A6670213.en

Vernacular names

English: Cox's Sphenomorphus