Brachymeles tungaoi

Tungao's slender skink
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Brachymeles
Species:	B. tungaoi
Binomial name
	Brachymeles tungaoi; Siler & Brown, 2010

Brachymeles tungaoi, Tungao's slender skink, is a species of skinks found in the Philippines, in the family Scincidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic from the island of Masbate in Philippines.^[1]

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Jason B. "Tungao" Fernandez.^[1]

Original publication

Cameron D. Siler and Rafe M. Brown "Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles): Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species," Herpetological Monographs 24(1), 1–54, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1

External links

http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Brachymeles&species=tungaoi

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Siler, Cameron D.; Brown, Rafe M. (December 2010). "Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles) Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species". Herpetological Monographs. 24 (1): 1–54. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1. ISSN 0733-1347.

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[tungaoi_RD-1] Siler, Cameron D.; Brown, Rafe M. (December 2010). "Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles) Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species". Herpetological Monographs. 24 (1): 1–54. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1. ISSN 0733-1347.

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