Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]
Description
Species 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
The 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 (W. Brown, 1995)
- Parvoscincus laterimaculatus (W. Brown & Alcala, 1980)
- Parvoscincus lawtoni (W. 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 (W. 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
- ^ 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
- 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).
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