Pinoyscincus coxi

Pinoyscincus coxi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Pinoyscincus
Species:	P. coxi
Binomial name
	Pinoyscincus coxi; (Taylor, 1915)
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus coxi; Taylor, 1922; Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) coxi; — W. Brown & Alcala, 1970; Pinoyscincus coxi; — Linkem, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2011;

Last updated April 12, 2022

Cox's sphenomorphus (Pinoyscincus coxi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, coxi, is in honor of Alvin J. Cox who was Director of the Philippines Bureau of Science.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. coxi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

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

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Pinoyscincus coxi coxi(Taylor, 1915)
Pinoyscincus coxi divergens(Taylor, 1922)

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus .

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References

1 2 Brown R, Diesmos A, Gaulke M (2009). "Sphenomorphus coxi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169759A6670213. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169759A6670213.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2020.
1 2 3 4 Pinoyscincus coxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2020.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus coxi, p. 61).