Parvoscincus luzonensis (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Highland Sphenomorphus
Synonym	Lygosoma luzonense BOULENGER 1895: 733 Sphenomorphus bakeri TAYLOR 1922: 193 Sphenomorphus luzonensis — TAYLOR 1922: 175 Sphenomorphus luzonense — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 163 Sphenomorphus luzonensis — BROWN et al 1999 Sphenomorphus cf. luzonensis — DIESMOS et al. 2005 Parvoscincus luzonense — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011 Parvoscincus luzonensis — LINKEM & BROWN 2013
Distribution	Philippines (Luzon) Type locality: Mt. Benguet, Mountain Province, Luzon Island. Type locality: Panai, Benguet, Mountain Province, Luzon Island [bakeri].
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.99 or 1895.9.10.1-4 Holotype: CAS 61330 [bakeri]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1414 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1895. Second report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894: 722-736 [published in April 1895 fide A. Bauer] - 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, Rafe M., Jimmy A. McGuire, John W. Ferner and Angel C. Alcala 1999. New species of diminutive scincid lizard (Squamata: Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Copeia 1999 (2): 362-370 - get paper here Brown, WC. & A.C. ALCALA 1980. Philippine Lizards of the family Scincidae. Silliman Univ. Nat. Sci., Dumaguete City, Mon., Ser. 2: i-xi + 1-246. Brown,R.M. & Ferner,J.W. & Sison,R.V. 1995. Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri Taylor (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108 (1): 6-17 - get paper here Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and G. V. A. Gee 2005. Preliminary report on the amphibians and reptiles of Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park, Luzon Island, Philippines. Sylvatrop 13 (1&2): 63-80 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 LINKEM, CHARLES W.; RAFE M. BROWN 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): 501–533 - get paper here Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Government of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Publication no. 17: 269 pp. - get paper here Taylor,E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, I. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206 - get paper here
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