Parvoscincus boyingi

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 boyingi

Name

• Parvoscincus boyingi (Brown, Linkem, Balete, Duya, Diesmos & Ferner, 2010)

Holotype: PNM 2302, ♂.

Type locality: “at 1460 m above sea level on west face of Mt. High Peak (4.3 km N, 0.5 km E of peak; 15°31’ N, 120°07’ E), Barangay Coto, Municipality of Masinloc, Zambales Province, Luzon Island, Philippines”.

Combinations

• Sphenomorphus boyingi Brown, Linkem, Balete, Duya, Diesmos & Ferner, 2010: 6 [original combination]
• Parvoscincus boyingi — Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2011: 1236 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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 boyingi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Boying’s Zambales Mountain Skink