Tytthoscincus biparietalis

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: Tytthoscincus
Species: Tytthoscincus biparietalis

Name

• Tytthoscincus biparietalis (Taylor, 1918)

Holotype: BSMP 1991. [destroyed during WWII]

Type locality: “Lapac, Sulu Archipelago[, Philippines]”.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus biparietalis Taylor, 1918: 249 [original combination]
• Tytthoscincus biparietalis — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1232 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1918. Reptiles of Sulu Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science 13(5): 233–267. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tytthoscincus biparietalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 March 2018.
• Diesmos, A.C. & Rico, E.L. 2016. IUCN: Tytthoscincus biparietalis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T169875A102659572. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T169875A102659572.en

Vernacular names

English: Sulu Sphenomorphus