Parvoscincus

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref><ref name=LinkemBrown2013>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Description

Species in the genus Parvoscincus are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout-vent length (SVL) ranges from Template:Convert in Parvoscincus tagapayo to Template:Convert in Parvoscincus hadros.<ref name=LinkemBrown2013/>

Species

The genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century.<ref name=RDB/> Template:Columns-list

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

Further reading

• Ferner, John W.; Brown, Rafe M.; Greer, Allen E. (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Moist Closed Canopy Forest Skinks from the Philippines". Journal of Herpetology 31 (2): 187–192. (Parvoscincus, new genus, P. sisoni, new species).

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