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Pinoyscincus

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Pinoyscincus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Pinoyscincus
Linkem, Diesmos &
R.M. Brown, 2011
Species

Five species, see text.

Pinoyscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. All species in the genus are endemic to the Philippines. Species in this genus were previously assigned to the genus Sphenomorphus.

Species

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The following five species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.

References

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  1. ^ Pinoyscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.

Further reading

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  • Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1217–1243. (Pinoyscincus, new genus).