Parvoscincus

Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Parvoscincus
Parvoscincus decipiens
Scientific classification
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
Diversity
24 species, see text.

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 (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

1. Parvoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 October 2014.
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.

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).