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Parvoscincus kitangladensis (BROWN, 1995)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymSphenomorphus kitangladensis BROWN 1995: 389
Parvoscincus kitangladensis — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011
Parvoscincus cf. kitangladensis — SANGUILA et al. 2016 
DistributionPhilippines (Mt. Kitanglad, Mindanao)

Type locality: Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, NC Mindanao  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 250644, fide Brown 1995, paratypes: FMNH, CAS 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. This species is differentiated from other species of Sphenomorphus by the following combination of characters: (1) MBSR 34-38; (2) DSR 73-76; (3) fourth toe lamellae 15-17; (4) anterior loreal small, triangular, not in contact with upper labials; (5) prefrontals in moderate to broad contact; (6) frontoparietals fused; (7) interparietal large; (8) SVL at maturity about 50-60 mm. (Brown 1995) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Beukema, W. 2011. Herpetofauna of disturbed forest fragments on the lower Mt. Kitanglad Rnage, Mindanao Isand, Philippines. Salamandra 47 (2): 90-98 - get paper here
  • Brown, R.M. et al. 2010. Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the status of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus. Scient. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas (42): 1-27
  • Brown, W.C. 1995. A new lizard of the genus Sphenomorphus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Mt. Kitanglad, Mindanao Island, Philippine Island. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108 (3): 388-391. - get paper here
  • Linkem, Charles W.; Arvin C. Diesmos, Rafe M. Brown 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 - get paper here
  • Mohagan, Alma B.; Olga M. Nuñeza, Angel C. Alcala, Jose A. Escarlos Jr., Arturo G. Gracia Jr., Eric Claire T. Selpa, Leonil Jun B. Baguhin, Fulgent P. Coritico & Victor B. Amoroso 2019. Species richness and endemism of Reptilian Fauna in four Long-Term Ecological Research sites in Mindanao, Philippines. Biodiversity Journal, 2019, 10 (3): 237–248 - get paper here
  • Sanguila MB, Cobb KA, Siler CD, Diesmos AC, Alcala AC, Brown RM 2016. The amphibians and reptiles of Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, II: the herpetofauna of northeast Mindanao and adjacent islands. ZooKeys 624: 1–132, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.624.9814 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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