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Genus of lizards
Tytthoscincus is a
genus of
skinks .
[1]
[2] Originally defined to include a few species from the
Philippines ,
[1] the genus now includes many species from South-East Asia in general.
[3]
[4]
Tytthoscincus are small skinks, usually less than 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. The
temporal scales are small and of same size and shape as the lateral body scales (as opposed to being enlarged and shield-like). The digits are small.
[1]
The following 22
species , listed alphabetically by
specific name , are recognized as being valid:
[2]
Tytthoscincus aesculeticola (
Inger , Lian,
Lakim &
Yambun , 2001)
Tytthoscincus atrigularis (
Stejneger , 1908) – Zamboanga sphenomorphus
Tytthoscincus batupanggah
Karin ,
Das &
Bauer , 2016 – cursed-stone diminutive leaf-litter skink
Tytthoscincus biparietalis (
Taylor , 1918) – Sulu sphenomorphus
Tytthoscincus bukitensis
L. Grismer , 2007 – Fraser's Hill forest skink
Tytthoscincus butleri (
Boulenger , 1912) – Butler's forest skink
Tytthoscincus hallieri (
Lidth de Jeude , 1905)
Tytthoscincus ishaki L. Grismer, 2006 – Tioman Island forest skink
Tytthoscincus jaripendek L. Grismer,
Wood ,
Quah ,
Anuar ,
Ngadi ,
Mohd-Izam &
Ahmad , 2017 – Cameron Highlands forest skink
Tytthoscincus kakikecil L. Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad, 2017 – Fraser's Hill forest skink
Tytthoscincus keciktuek L. Grismer, Wood, Ahmad,
Baizul-Hafsyam ,
Afiq-Shuhaimi ,
Rizal & Quah, 2018 – Sungai Peres forest skink
Tytthoscincus leproauricularis Karin, Das & Bauer, 2016 – scaly-eared diminutive leaf-litter skink
Tytthoscincus martae L. Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Ngadi, Mohd-Izam & Ahmad, 2017 – Hindu Temple forest skink
Tytthoscincus monticolus L. Grismer, Wood, Ahmad, Baizul-Hafsyam, Afiq-Shuhaimi, Rizal & Quah, 2018 – Sungai Bubu forest skink
Tytthoscincus panchorensis L. Grismer,
Muin , Wood, Anuar &
Linkem , 2016 – Bukit Panchor forest skink
Tytthoscincus parvus (Boulenger, 1897)
Tytthoscincus perhentianensis L. Grismer, Wood &
J. Grismer , 2009 – Perhentian Island forest skink
Tytthoscincus sibuensis L. Grismer, 2006 – Sibu Island forest skink
Tytthoscincus temasekensis L. Grismer, Wood J,
Lim &
Liang , 2017 – Singapore swamp skink
Tytthoscincus temengorensis L. Grismer, Ahmad &
Onn , 2009 – Temengor forest skink
Tytthoscincus temmincki (
A.M.C. Dumeril &
Bibron , 1839)
Tytthoscincus textus (
F. Müller , 1894)
Nota bene : A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tytthoscincus .
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c
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Linkem, Charles W. ;
Diesmos, Arvin C. ;
Brown, Rafe M. (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.
doi :
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00747.x .
PMC
7165859 .
PMID
32336789 .
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a
b
Tytthoscincus at the
Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 31 August 2018.
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Grismer, L. Lee ;
Wood, Perry L. Jr. ;
Ahmad, Amirrudin B. ;
Baizul-Hafsyam, B. S. ;
Afiq-Shuhaimi, M. ;
Rizal, Syed A. ;
Quah, Evan S. H. (2018). "Two new Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown (Squamata; Scincidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and another case of microsyntopy between ecologically specialized, unrelated, leaf-litter species". Zootaxa . 4425 (1): 87–107.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.5 .
PMID
30313468 .
S2CID
52977468 .
^ taxonomy.
"Taxonomy browser (Tytthoscincus aesculeticola )" . www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . Retrieved 2023-09-07 .