Parvoscincus decipiens

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

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.8.16.95–96.

Type locality: “Isabella, N.E. Luzon”, Philippines.

Lygosoma decipiens Boulenger, 1895: 734 [original combination]
Sphenomorphus decipiens — Taylor, 1922: 176 [subsequent combination]
Parvoscincus decipiens — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1136 [subsequent combination]

Lygosoma (Homolepida) moellendorffi Boettger, 1897: 162 [synonymized by Brown & Alcala (1980: 186); Linkem & Brown (2013: 525)]

Holotype: SMF 15457.

Type locality: “Insel Tablas, Philippinen [= Tablas Island, Philippines]”.

Sphenomorphus curtirostris Taylor, 1915: 101 [synonymized by Brown & Alcala (1980: 186); Linkem & Brown (2013: 525)]

Holotype: BSMP 1695. [destroyed during WWII]

Type locality: “Banauan, Agusan Province, Minadanao”, Philippines.

Boulenger, G.A. [1894] 1895. Second report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 722–736. BHL
Boettger, O. 1897. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier von den Philippinen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 161–166. BHL
Taylor, E.H. 1915. New species of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science 10(2): 89–109. BHL Reference page.
Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Bureau of Science Publications no. 17. Bureau of Printing: Manila. 269 pp. BHL Reference page.
Brown, W.C. & Alcala, A.C. 1980. Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. Silliman University Press: Dumaguete City, Philippines. 264 pp.
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.

Linkem, C.W. & Brown, R.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): 501–533. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus decipiens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2018.
Brown, R. & Rico, E. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus decipiens (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169746A6668604. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169746A6668604.en

English: Black-sided Sphenomorphus