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Parvoscincus beyeri

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Species of lizard

Parvoscincus beyeri
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Parvoscincus
Species: P. beyeri
Binomial name
Parvoscincus beyeri
(Taylor, 1922)
Synonyms

Parvoscincus beyeri, also known commonly as Beyer's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Etymology

The specific name, beyeri, is in honor of American ethnologist Henry Otley Beyer.

Geographic range

In the Philippines, P. beyeri is found on the island of Luzon.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. beyeri is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).

Description

Large for its genus, P. beyeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.3 cm (2.9 in). Dorsally, it is brown with white spots. Ventrally, it is bright golden yellow.

Behavior

P. beyeri hides in leaf litter and thick moss, and under rotten fallen logs, on the forest floor.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. beyeri is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Brown, R., Gonzalez, J.C.T., Rico, E.L., Diesmos, M. & Afuang, L.E (2022). "Sphenomorphus beyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199819A2612614. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199819/2612614. Downloaded on 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ Parvoscincus beyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus beyeri, p. 24).

Further reading

  • Brown RM, Ferner JW, Sison RV (1995). "Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri Taylor (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108 (1): 6–17.
  • Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1217–1243. (Parvoscincus beyeri, new combination).
  • Taylor EH (1922). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, II". Philippine Journal of Science 21: 257–303 + Plates 1–4. (Sphenomorphus beyeri, new species, pp. 283–285).


Taxon identifiers
Parvoscincus beyeri


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