Parvoscincus laterimaculatus

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: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Parvoscincus
Species: Parvoscincus laterimaculatus

Name

• Parvoscincus laterimaculatus (Brown & Alcala, 1980)

Holotype: CAS-SU 24204.

Type locality: “Sorsogon, Bulusan (San Roque), (N: 12.751°; E: 124.084°)”, Philippines.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus laterimaculatus — Brown & Alcala, 1980 [original combination]
• Parvoscincus laterimaculatus — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1136 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Sphenomorphus knollmanae Brown, Ferner & Ruedas, 1995: 20 [synonymized by Brown et al. (2010: 19, 22)]

Holotype: PNM 2311 (formerly USNM 318342), adult ♂.

Type locality: “at 1125 m elevation on Mt. Isarog (Philippines, S. Luzon Island, Bicol Peninsula, Camarines Sur Prov.), 4.5 km N, 20.5 km E Naga City, 13º40' N, 123º22' E.”

References

Primary references

• Brown, W.C. & Alcala, A.C. 1980. Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae. Silliman University Press: Dumaguete City, Philippines. 264 pp.
• Brown, R.M., Ferner, J.W. & Ruedas, L.A. 1995. A new species of lygosomine lizard (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae; Sphenomorphus) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(1): 18–28. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Brown, R.M., Linkem, C.W., Balete, D., Duya, M.V., Diesmos, A.C. & Ferner, J.W. 2010. Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the status of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 42: 1–27. handle. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus laterimaculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2018.
• Brown, R., Diesmos, M. & Afuang, L. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus laterimaculatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169874A6684981. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169874A6684981.en

Vernacular names

English: Black-sided Sphenomorphus