Insulasaurus arborens (TAYLOR, 1917)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Negros Sphenomorphus
Synonym	Sphenomorphus arborens TAYLOR 1917: 373 Sphenomorphus lednickyi TAYLOR 1919: 120 (fide BROWN 1980: 184) Sphenomorphus arborens — TAYLOR 1922 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) arborens — ALCALA & BROWN 1966 Sphenomorphus arborens — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 184 Sphenomorphus arborens — GAULKE 2001: 11 Sphenomorphus arborens — LINKEM et al. 2010 Insulasaurus arborens — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011
Distribution	Philippines (Negros, Panay, Pan de Azucar and Masbate Islands) Type locality: Mt Canlaon, Negros Island
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CM P1891
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin arboreus, referring to the strictly tree-dwelling habits of this species.
References	Alcala, A.C. & W.C. Brown 1966. Thermal Relations of Two Tropical Lizards on Negros Island, Philippine Islands Copeia 1966 (3): 593-594. - 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, 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 Ferner, John W., Rafe M. Brown, Rogelio V. Sison and Robert S. Kennedy 2000. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 1-37 - get paper here Gaulke, M. 2001. Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen. Teil III. Echsen und Diskussion. Herpetofauna 23 (132): 5-18 - get paper here Gaulke, M. 2011. The herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Edition Chimaira, 390 pp. Greer,A.E. & Parker,F. 1967. A new scincid lizard from the northern Solomon Islands. Breviora (275): 1-20 - get paper here Linkem, C.W.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2010. A NEW SPECIES OF SCINCID LIZARD (GENUS SPHENOMORPHUS) FROM PALAWAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 66 (1): 67–79 - 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 Taylor, E.H. 1919. New or rare Philippine reptiles. Philippine Journal of Science 14: 105-125 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. 1917. Snakes and lizards known from Negros, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Philippine Journal of Science 12: 353-381 - get paper here
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