Brachymeles tungaoi

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Tungao's slender skink
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species:
B. tungaoi
Binomial name
Brachymeles tungaoi
Siler & Brown, 2010 [1]

Brachymeles tungaoi, Tungao's slender skink, is a species of skinks found in the Philippines, in the family Scincidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species is endemic from the island of Masbate in Philippines. [1]

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Jason B. "Tungao" Fernandez. [1]

Original publication

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

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.


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