Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Parvoscincus
Parvoscincus decipiens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Parvoscincus
Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
Type species
Parvoscincus sisoni
Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
Diversity
24 species, see text.

Description

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Species in the genus Parvoscincus are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout-vent length (SVL) ranges from 32 mm (1.3 in) in Parvoscincus tagapayo to 87 mm (3.4 in) in Parvoscincus hadros.[2]

Species

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The genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Parvoscincus.

References

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  1. ^ a b Parvoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Linkem, Charles W.; Brown, Rafe M. (2013). "Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species". Zootaxa. 3700 (4): 501–33. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1. PMID 26106740.

Further reading

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  • Ferner, John W.; Brown, Rafe M.; Greer, Allen E. (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Moist Closed Canopy Forest Skinks from the Philippines". Journal of Herpetology 31 (2): 187–192. (Parvoscincus, new genus, P. sisoni, new species).