| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Boulenger's Short-legged Skink |
| Synonym | Brachymeles boulengeri TAYLOR 1922: 246
Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri — BROWN & RABOR 1967: 537
Brachymeles boulengeri boulengeri — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 40
Brachymeles boulengeri boulengeri — SILER et al. 2009
Brachymeles boulengeri — SILER et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | Philippines (Panay, Visayas, Mindoro, Luzon, Polillo, Bohol). Type locality: Polillo I., P. I. Coll., E. H. Taylor, July 15, 1920.
Neotype locality: fallen, rotting log in secondary growth forest (1000 to 1230 h) in Barangay Pinaglubayan, Municipality of Polillo, Quezon Province, Polillo Island, Philippines (14° 45’ 09’’ N, 121° 58’ 06’’ E; WGS-84.
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| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Neotype: PNM 9720 (RMB Field No. 5647, formerly KU 307756), adult male, collected by RMB, J. Fernandez, Y. Vicente, and M. Vicente.
Holotype: Originally EHT, No. 205 [probably not in existence fide BROWN & RABOR 1967: 537] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Brachymeles boulengeri can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body size moderate (SVL 60.5–93.1 mm); (2) pentadactyl; (3) Finger-III lamellae five or six; (4) Toe IV lamellae nine or 10; (5) moderate limb length; (6) supralabials six or seven; (7) infralabials seven; (8) pineal eye spot present; (9) supranasals not contacting on midline; (10) prefrontals not contacting on midline; (11) midline contact of first pair of chin shields; (12) enlarged chin shields in two pairs; (13) nuchal scales undifferentiated; (14) fourth and fifth supralabial below eye; (15) auricular opening present; (16) continuous, light dorsolateral stripes present; and (17) middorsal stripes absent [from SILER & BROWN 2010]. |
| Comment | Pentadactyl species. See also B. gracilis.
Subspecies: Brachymeles boulengeri boholensis BROWN & RABOR 1967, Brachymeles boulengeri mindorensis BROWN & RABOR 1967, and Brachymeles boulengeri taylori BROWN 1956 have been elevated to full species status.
For further comparison see SILER & BROWN 2010.
Habitat: semifossorial and typically found in dry, rotting material inside or underneath decaying logs or in loose soil, forest floor detritus, and leaf litter of lowland forest. |
| Etymology | Named after George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), herpetologist at the British Museum of Natural History, London. |
| References |
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- 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.
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- Siler, Cameron D.; Edmond L. Rico, Mariano R. Duya, and Rafe M. Brown 2009. A NEW LIMB-REDUCED, LOAM-SWIMMING SKINK (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE: BRACHYMELES) FROM CENTRAL LUZON ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 65 (4): 449 - get paper here
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