Parvoscincus igorotorum

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 igorotorum

Name

• Parvoscincus igorotorum (Brown, Linkem, Balete, Duya, Diesmos & Ferner, 2010)

Holotype: PNM 9623 (formerly FMNH 259445), adult ♂.

Type locality: “at 1400 m above sea level in area known locally as “Mapga”, (N: 17.442°; E: 121.075), Balbalan-Balbalasang National Park, Barangay Balbalasang, Municipality of Balbalan, Kalinga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.”

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus igorotorum Brown, Linkem, Balete, Duya, Diesmos & Ferner, 2010: 9 [original combination]
• Parvoscincus igorotorum — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1236 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus igorotorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Igorot Cordillera Mountain Skink