Pinoyscincus coxi

Cox's sphenomorphus (Pinoyscincus coxi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.[2]

Pinoyscincus coxi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Pinoyscincus
Species:	P. coxi
Binomial name
Pinoyscincus coxi (Taylor, 1915)
Synonyms[2]
Sphenomorphus coxi Taylor, 1922 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) coxi — W. Brown & Alcala, 1970 Pinoyscincus coxi — Linkem, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2011

Etymology

The specific name, coxi, is in honor of Alvin J. Cox who was Director of the Philippines Bureau of Science.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. coxi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. coxi is unknown.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Pinoyscincus coxi coxi (Taylor, 1915)
• Pinoyscincus coxi divergens (Taylor, 1922)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.

References

1. Brown R, Diesmos A, Gaulke M (2009). "Sphenomorphus coxi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169759A6670213. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169759A6670213.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2020.
2. Pinoyscincus coxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
   ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus coxi, p. 61).

Further reading

• Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1217–1243. (Pinoyscincus coxi, new combination).
• Taylor EH (1915). "New Species of Philippine Lizards". Philippine Journal of Science 10: 89–109. (Sphenomorphus coxi, new species, pp. 100–101 + Plate I, figures 3 & 4).
• Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (Sphenomorphus jagorii divergens, new subspecies, p. 194).