Tytthoscincus jaripendek

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 jaripendek

Name

• Tytthoscincus jaripendek Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Izam, & Ahmad, 2017 [2018]: 646

Holotype: LSUHC 11680, adult ♂, collected by Evan S.H. Quah and L. Lee Grismer on 26 April 2014.

Type locality: “at Robinson’s Falls, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (N 04°27.959′, E 101°23.129′; 1411 m in elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Ngadi, E.B., Izam, N.A.M. & Ahmad, N. [2017] 2018. Systematics, ecomorphology, cryptic speciation and biogeography of the lizard genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (Squamata: Scincidae) from the sky-island archipelago of Peninsular Malaysia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183(3): 635–671. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx067 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tytthoscincus jaripendek. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 July 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Cameron Highlands Forest Skink