Parvoscincus

Parvoscincus
Parvoscincus decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Parvoscincus
Ferner, Brown & Greer, 1997
Type species
Parvoscincus sisoni
Ferner, Brown & Greer, 1997
Diversity
21 species (see text)

Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks endemic to the Philippines.[1][2] They are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout–vent length ranges from 32 mm (1.3 in) in Parvoscincus tagapayo to 87 mm (3.4 in) in Parvoscincus hadros.[2]

Species

There are 21 species, many of them described in just recent years:[1]

  • Parvoscincus abstrusus Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus agtorum Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus aurorus Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus banahaoensis Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus beyeri (Taylor, 1922)
  • Parvoscincus boyingi (Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)
  • Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894)
  • Parvoscincus hadros (Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)
  • Parvoscincus igorotorum (Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)
  • Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus kitangladensis (Brown, 1995)
  • Parvoscincus laterimaculatus (Brown & Alcala, 1980)
  • Parvoscincus lawtoni (Brown & Alcala, 1980)
  • Parvoscincus leucospilos (Peters, 1872)
  • Parvoscincus luzonense (Boulenger, 1894)
  • Parvoscincus palaliensis Linkem & Brown, 2013
  • Parvoscincus palawanensis (Brown & Alcala, 1961)
  • Parvoscincus sisoni Ferner, Brown & Greer, 1997
  • Parvoscincus steerei (Stejneger, 1908)
  • Parvoscincus tagapayo (Brown, Mcguire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999)

References

  1. 1 2 Parvoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 1 2 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1.


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