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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Pinoyscincus Linkem, Diesmos & R.M. Brown, 2011 |
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Five species, see text. | |
Species
editThe following five species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Pinoyscincus abdictus (W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980)
- Pinoyscincus coxi (Taylor, 1915) – Cox's sphenomorphus
- Pinoyscincus jagori (W. Peters, 1864) – Jagor's sphenomorphus
- Pinoyscincus llanosi (Taylor, 1919) – Leyte sphenomorphus
- Pinoyscincus mindanensis (Taylor, 1915) – Mindanao sphenomorphus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.
References
editWikispecies has information related to Pinoyscincus.
- ^ Pinoyscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
Further reading
edit- 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).