Tytthoscincus aesculeticola

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: Tytthoscincus
Species: Tytthoscincus aesculeticola

Name

Tytthoscincus aesculeticola (Inger, Lian, Lakim & Yambun, 2001)

• Holotype: FMNH 239852, adult ♀, collected by Freddy Paulus & Frederick Francis on 5 September 1989.
• Type locality: “Mount Lumaku (1350m) (4°52'N/115°38'E), 14.6 km from Mendolong, Sipitang District, Sabah, Malaysia”.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus aesculeticola Inger, Lian, Lakim & Yambun, 2001: 182 [original combination]
• Tytthoscincus aesculeticola — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1232 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Inger, R.F., Lian, T.F., Lakim, M. & Yambun, P. 2001. New species of the lizard genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with notes on ecological and geographic distribution of species in Sabah, Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 181–189. PDF 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.