Parvoscincus tagapayo

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 tagapayo

Name

• Parvoscincus tagapayo (Brown, McGuire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999)

⧼Hobtype⧽: PNM 5767, adult ♀.

Type locality: “at 1050 m above sea level (masl) on the south-facing slope of Mt. Ma-aling-aling, (15°39'6"N, 121'217"E), Kabatangan River drainage, Aurora National Park, 1.2 km south, 1.3 km east of Barangay Villa Aurora, Municipality of San Luis, Aurora Province, Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines.”

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus tagapayo Brown, McGuire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999: 363 [original combination]
• Parvoscincus tagapayo — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1136 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Brown, R.M., McGuire, J.A., Ferner, J.W. & Alcala, A.C. 1999. A New Species of Diminutive Scincid Lizard (Squamata: Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Copeia 1999(2): 362–370. DOI: 10.2307/1447481 JSTOR 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Parvoscincus tagapayo. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 April 2018.
• Brown, R., Diesmos, A., Diesmos, M., Duya, A. & Rico, E.L. 2009. IUCN: Sphenomorphus tagapayo  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169774A6672266. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169774A6672266.en

Vernacular names

English: Aurora Mountain Skink