Parvoscincus tagapayo

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

⧼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 edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Aurora Mountain Skink