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Pinoyscincus jagori (PETERS, 1864)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesPinoyscincus jagori jagori (PETERS 1864)
Pinoyscincus jagori grandis (TAYLOR 1922) 
Common NamesE: Jagor's Sphenomorphus, Filipino skink 
SynonymSphenomorphus jagori jagori PETERS 1864
Lygosoma (Hinulia) Jagori PETERS 1864: 54 (part.)
Lygosoma jagori — BOULENGER 1887: 240
Sphenomorphus palustris TAYLOR 1915: 102
Sphenomorphus jagori palustris TAYLOR 1922: 194 (part.)
Sphenomorphus jagori — STEJNEGER 1908: 545
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) jagori — SMITH 1937: 220 (part.)
Sphenomorphus jagorii — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 207
Sphenomorphus jagori jagori — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 209
Pinoyscincus jagori — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011
Pinoyscincus cf. jagori jagori — BINADAY et al. 2017

Pinoyscincus jagori grandis (TAYLOR 1922)
Sphenomorphus jagori — TAYLOR 1917: 372 (part.)
Sphenomorphus jagori grandis TAYLOR 1922: 195
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) jagori grande — BROWN & ALCALA 1961
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) jagori grande — BROWN & ALCALA 1966
Sphenomorphus jagori grandis — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 211
Sphenomorphus jagori grandis — GAULKE 2001: 14
Pinoyscincus jagori grandis — GAULKE 2011
Pinoyscincus jagori grandis — SUPSUP et al. 2016
Pinoyscincus jagori grandis — MENESES et al. 2022 
DistributionPhilippines

jagori: Basilan, Bohol, Bubuan, (Tapiantana Group, Sulus), Camiguin (Sur), Catanduanes, Dinagat, Govenen (Great), Jolo (Sulus), Leyte, Lubang, Luzon, Maripipi, Mindanao, Mindoro, Samar, Siargao;

grandis: Caluya, Cebu, Masbate, Negros, Panay, Sicogon, Gigante)

Type locality: “Borongan auf der Insel Samar und Taclobang auf der Insel Leyte” [S. jagori jagori]
Type locality: Mt. Canlaon, Negros Island [jagori grandis].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 4610, Borongan, Philippines, collected A.F. Jagor; 4975-76, Taclobang, Philippines, collected A.F. Jagor. Tiedemann et al. (1994) also list NMW 9727 and 14855: 1-2 as types, although their collection data do not match that in the type description (jagori)
Holotype: CM P1722 (= Carnegie Museum) [grandis] 
DiagnosisDescription (genus): Pinoyscincus can be identified by the following combination of characters: (1) body size medium to large (> 42 mm SVL); (2) paravertebral scale rows 56–80; (3) midbody scale rows 30–44; and (4) subdigital lamellae 17–26. In addition to these scale characters, species in this genus share a unique morphology of the hemipenis. The main shaft of the hemipenis, before the bifurcation, is wide with a large bulbous lobe on each lateral side of the shaft (Fig. 6 in LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011).

Diagnosis (Sphenomorphus palustris). “Frontoparietal divided; 6 supraoculars, the last 2 divided; lower eyelids scaly; ear opening large, round; tympanum not deeply sunk; frontal slightly longer than the parietal region; 40 scale rows around the body; side of head barred with white.” (Taylor 1915: 102)

Description of type (Sphenomorphus palustris): Taylor 1915: 102 
CommentSynonymy mainly after BROWN & ALCALA 1980. Many specimens originally identified as jagori may be in fact S. abdictus. See that entry. Specimens from Dinagat, N-Luzon, and other small islands which have been identified as S. jagori need to be re-examined (fide BROWN & ALCALA 1980).

Subspecies: Sphenomorphus jagori divergens is now Pinoyscincus coxi divergens.

Type species: Lygosoma (Hinulia) Jagori PETERS 1864 is the type species of the genus Pinoyscincus LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011.

Distribution: not in Sulawesi, fide Koch 2012: 317 
EtymologyNamed after Professor Dr. Fedor Jagor (1817-1900), a German ethnographer and naturalist who traveled in Asia, including the Philippines, collecting for Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin.

Etymology (genus): The word pinoy is a commonly used Tagalog term of endearment amongst Filipinos, referring to an individual Filipino or the nation as a whole. We use it here in conjunction with the Latin scincus, meaning lizard, to name a clade of skinks found on the Philippine Archipelago. 
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