Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]
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| Parvoscincus decipiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Parvoscincus Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Parvoscincus sisoni Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
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| Diversity | |
| 24 species, see text. | |
Description
editSpecies in the genus Parvoscincus are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout-vent length (SVL) ranges from 32 mm (1.3 in) in Parvoscincus tagapayo to 87 mm (3.4 in) in Parvoscincus hadros.[2]
Species
editThe genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century.[1]
- Parvoscincus abstrusus Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus agtorum Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus aurorus Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus banahaoensis Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus beyeri (Taylor, 1922) - Beyer's sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus boyingi (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Boying’s Zambales mountain skink
- Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) - black-sided sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus duwendorum Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - cordillera aquatic skink
- Parvoscincus hadros (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Aurora mountain skink
- Parvoscincus igorotorum (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Igorot cordillera mountain skink
- Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus kitangladensis (Brown, 1995)
- Parvoscincus laterimaculatus (Brown & Alcala, 1980)
- Parvoscincus lawtoni (Brown & Alcala, 1980)
- Parvoscincus leucospilos (W. Peters, 1872) - white-spotted sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus luzonensis (Boulenger, 1894) - highland sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus manananggalae Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - Aurora aquatic skink
- Parvoscincus palaliensis Linkem & R. Brown, 2013
- Parvoscincus palawanensis (Brown & Alcala, 1961)
- Parvoscincus sisoni Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
- Parvoscincus steerei (Stejneger, 1908) - Steere's sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus tagapayo (R. Brown, McGuire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999) - Aurora mountain skink
- Parvoscincus tikbalangi Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - Sierra Madres aquatic skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Parvoscincus.
References
edit- ^ a b Parvoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 October 2014.
- ^ a b Linkem, Charles W.; Brown, Rafe M. (2013). "Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species". Zootaxa. 3700 (4): 501–33. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1. PMID 26106740.
Further reading
edit- Ferner, John W.; Brown, Rafe M.; Greer, Allen E. (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Moist Closed Canopy Forest Skinks from the Philippines". Journal of Herpetology 31 (2): 187–192. (Parvoscincus, new genus, P. sisoni, new species).