Parvoscincus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| image = Parvoscincus decipiens (KU 326609) from Barangay Dibuluan, San Mariano - ZooKeys-266-001-g065.jpg
| image_caption = Parvoscincus decipiens
| taxon = Parvoscincus
| authority = Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
| type_species = Parvoscincus sisoni
| type_species_authority = Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997
| diversity = 24 species, see text.
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Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.{{NRDB genus|genus=Parvoscincus|accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{cite journal|last1=Linkem|first1=Charles W.|author1-link=species:Charles W. Linkem|last2=Brown|first2=Rafe M.|author2-link=species:Rafe Marion Brown|title=Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3700|issue=4|year=2013|pages=501–33|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.1|pmid=26106740}}
Description
Species in the genus Parvoscincus are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout-vent length (SVL) ranges from {{convert|32|mm|abbr=on}} in Parvoscincus tagapayo to {{convert|87|mm|abbr=on}} in Parvoscincus hadros.
Species
The genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century.
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- Parvoscincus abstrusus {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus agtorum {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus aurorus {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus banahaoensis {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus beyeri {{small|(Taylor, 1922)}} – Beyer's sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus boyingi {{small|(R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)}} – Boying’s Zambales mountain skink
- Parvoscincus decipiens {{small|(Boulenger, 1894)}} – black-sided sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus duwendorum {{small|Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014}} – cordillera aquatic skink
- Parvoscincus hadros {{small|(R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)}} – Aurora mountain skink
- Parvoscincus igorotorum {{small|(R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010)}} – Igorot cordillera mountain skink
- Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus kitangladensis {{small|(W. Brown, 1995)}}
- Parvoscincus laterimaculatus {{small|(W. Brown & Alcala, 1980)}}
- Parvoscincus lawtoni {{small|(W. Brown & Alcala, 1980)}}
- Parvoscincus leucospilos {{small|(W. Peters, 1872)}} – white-spotted sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus luzonensis {{small|(Boulenger, 1894)}} – highland sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus manananggalae {{small|Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014}} – Aurora aquatic skink
- Parvoscincus palaliensis {{small|Linkem & R. Brown, 2013}}
- Parvoscincus palawanensis {{small|(W. Brown & Alcala, 1961)}}
- Parvoscincus sisoni {{small|Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997}}
- Parvoscincus steerei {{small|(Stejneger, 1908)}} – Steere's sphenomorphus
- Parvoscincus tagapayo {{small|(R. Brown, McGuire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999)}} – Aurora mountain skink
- Parvoscincus tikbalangi {{small|Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014}} – Sierra Madres aquatic skink
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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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Further reading
- 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).
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Category:Taxa named by John W. Ferner
Category:Taxa named by Rafe M. Brown
Category:Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer
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