Parvoscincus igorotorum (BROWN, LINKEM, DIESMOS, BALETE, DUYA & FERNER, 2010)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Igorot Cordillera Mountains skink |
Synonym | Sphenomorphus igorotorum BROWN, LINKEM, DIESMOS, BALETE, DUYA & FERNER 2010 Parvoscincus igorotorum — LINKEM, DIESMOS & BROWN 2011 |
Distribution | Philippines (Luzon) Type locality: at 1400 m elevation in area known locally as “Mapga,” (N: 17.442°; E: 121.075), Balbalan-Balbalasang National Park, Barangay Balbalasang, Municipality of Balbalan, Kalinga Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. |
Reproduction | oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: PNM 9623 (formerly FMNH 259445; Field number: RMB 3169), collected by RMB, 14 March 2001. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Sphenomorphus, distin- guished by the following combination of characters: (1) body size small, sVL 51.9 mm, 57.5; (2) prefrontals mod- erate, separate; (3) frontoparietals fused; (4) labials 7–9; (5) large supraoculars 4; (6) paravertebrals 98, 106; (7) midventrals 51, 52; (8) scales around midbody 44, 45; (9) fourth toe lamellae 20; (10) dorsal coloration medium brown with a thin series of black, elongate, vertebral spots and indistinct white spots along medial margins of dark, wavy, dorsolateral bands on head, neck, and trunk; (11) dorsolateral surfaces of head dark brown, with black bar running across snout, through eye, auricular open- ing, and onto neck; ventrolateral surfaces of neck and head immaculate tan (deep orange in life); (12) triangular marking above forelimb absent; and (13) ventrum deep orange in life. |
Comment | SVL: ca. 55 mm Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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