Parvoscincus beyeri

Parvoscincus beyeri
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Parvoscincus
Species:	P. beyeri
Binomial name
	Parvoscincus beyeri; (Taylor, 1922)
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus beyeri ; Taylor, 1922; Parvoscincus beyeri ; — Linkem, A. Diesmos & R. Brown, 2011;

Parvoscincus beyeri, also known commonly as Beyer's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, beyeri, is in honor of American ethnologist Henry Otley Beyer.^[3]

Geographic range

In the Philippines, P. beyeri is found on the island of Luzon.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. beyeri is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft).^[1]

Description

Large for its genus, P. beyeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.3 cm (2.9 in). Dorsally, it is brown with white spots. Ventrally, it is bright golden yellow.^[2]

Behavior

P. beyeri hides in leaf litter and thick moss, and under rotten fallen logs, on the forest floor.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. beyeri is unknown.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown, R., Gonzalez, J.C.T., Rico, E.L., Diesmos, M. & Afuang, L.E (2022). "Sphenomorphus beyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199819A2612614. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199819/2612614. Downloaded on 14 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Parvoscincus beyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus beyeri, p. 24).

Brown RM, Ferner JW, Sison RV (1995). "Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri Taylor (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108 (1): 6–17.
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: 1217–1243. (Parvoscincus beyeri, new combination).
Taylor EH (1922). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, II". Philippine Journal of Science 21: 257–303 + Plates 1–4. (Sphenomorphus beyeri, new species, pp. 283–285).

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[IUCN-1] Brown, R., Gonzalez, J.C.T., Rico, E.L., Diesmos, M. & Afuang, L.E (2022). "Sphenomorphus beyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199819A2612614. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199819/2612614. Downloaded on 14 December 2022.

[RDB-2] Parvoscincus beyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus beyeri, p. 24).

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