Tytthoscincus monticolus

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 monticolus

Name

• Tytthoscincus monticolus Grismer, Wood, Ahmad, Baizul-Hafsyam, Afiq-Suhaimi, Rizal & Quah, 2018: 98

Holotype: LSUHC 13858, adult ♂, collected by M. Afiq-Shuhaimi and Baizul-Hafsyam B.S. on 5 August 2017.

Type locality: “a hilly area near Sungai Bubu, Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu State, Peninsular Malaysia (4.9710° N, 102.9531° E; 174 m in elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Ahmad, A.B., Baizul-Hafsyam, B.S., Afiq-Suhaimi, M., Rizal, S.A. & Quah, E.S.H. 2018. Two new Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown (Squamata; Scincidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and another case of microsyntopy between ecologically specialized, unrelated, leaf-litter species. Zootaxa 4425(1): 87–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tytthoscincus monticolus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 July 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Sungai Bubu Forest Skink