Brachymeles tungaoi
Appearance
Tungao's slender skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Brachymeles |
Species: | B. tungaoi
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Binomial name | |
Brachymeles tungaoi |
Brachymeles tungaoi, Tungao's slender skink, is a species of skinks found in the Philippines, in the family Scincidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic from the island of Masbate in Philippines.[1]
Etymology
[edit]This species is named in honor of Jason B. "Tungao" Fernandez.[1]
Original publication
[edit]Cameron D. Siler and Rafe M. Brown "Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles): Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species," Herpetological Monographs 24(1), 1–54, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1
External links
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c d Siler, Cameron D.; Brown, Rafe M. (December 2010). "Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation in Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Brachymeles) Taxonomic Revision of Pentadactyl Species Groups and Description of Three New Species". Herpetological Monographs. 24 (1): 1–54. doi:10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00003.1. ISSN 0733-1347.