Parvoscincus leucospilos

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

Lectotype: ZMB 7467. [designated by Siler et al. (2014: 393)]

Type locality: “Luzon”, Philippines.

Paralectotype: CAS 64232; same locality. [designated by Siler et al. (2014: 393)]

Lygosoma (Hinulia) leucospilos Peters, 1872: 684 [original combination]
Tropidophorus leucospilos — Boulenegr, 1887: 260 [subsequent combination]
Sphenomorphus leucospilos — Brown & Alcala, 1980: 172 [subsequent combination]
Parvoscincus leucospilos — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1236 [subsequent combination]

Peters, W. 1872. Über eine neue von Hrn. Dr. A. B. Meyer auf Luzon entdeckte Art von Eidechsen (Lygosoma (Hinulia) leucospilos) und eine von demselben in Nordcelebes gefundene neue Schlangengattung (Allophis nigricaudus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 684–687. BHL
Linkem, C.W., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00747.x Reference page.
Siler, C.D., Linkem, C.W., Cobb, K., Watters, J.L., Cummings, S.T., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the semi-aquatic skink Parvoscincus leucospilos (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3847(3): 388–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.4 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus leucospilos. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2018.
Brown, R., Diesmos, A., Diesmos, M., Duya, A. & Rico, E. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus leucospilos (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169755A6669771. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169755A6669771.en

English: White-spotted Sphenomorphus