Brachymeles samad

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species: Brachymeles samad

Name

• Brachymeles samad Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012: 159

Holotype: PNM 9767 (CDS Field no. 2772, formerly KU 310828), adult ♂, collected by CDS and J. Fernandez on 18 October 2007.

Type locality: “under rotting coconut husks in secondary-growth forest (10:00 hr to 12:30 hr), in Taft Forest, Barangay San Rafael, Municipality of Taft, Eastern Samar Province, Samar Island, Philippines (11°48’9.18’’N, 125°17’33.936’’E; WGS-84).”

References

Primary references

• Siler, C.D., Jones, R.M., Diesmos, A.C., Diesmos, M.L.L. & Brown, R.M. 2012. Phylogeny-Based Species Delimitation In Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) III: Taxonomic Revision of the Brachymeles gracilis Complex, With Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 26(1): 135–172. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-11-00006.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Brachymeles samad. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Visayas Slender Skink