''Pinoyscincus'' is a
genus
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of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s,
lizards in the
family
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Scincidae. All
species
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in the genus are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. Species in this genus were previously assigned to the genus ''
Sphenomorphus
The genus ''Sphenomorphus'' – vernacularly known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as pr ...
''.
Species
The following five
species
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, listed alphabetically by
specific name, are recognized as being valid:
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Pinoyscincus abdictus''
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Pinoyscincus coxi'' –
Cox's
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History
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sphenomorphus
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Pinoyscincus jagori'' –
Jagor's sphenomorphus
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Pinoyscincus llanosi'' –
Leyte
Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census.
Since the accessibility of land has be ...
sphenomorphus
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Pinoyscincus mindanensis'' –
Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
sphenomorphus
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Nota bene
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'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pinoyscincus''.
References
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).
Pinoyscincus
Lizard genera
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Taxa named by Charles W. Linkem
Taxa named by Arvin Cantor Diesmos
Taxa named by Rafe M. Brown
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