Tytthoscincus

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Tytthoscincus
Scincidae - Tytthoscincus temasekensis (cf.) (Singapore Swamp Skink.).jpg
Tytthoscincus temasekensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Tytthoscincus
Linkem, Diesmos &
R.M. Brown, 2011 [1]
Type species
Lygosoma hallieri
Species

22 species (see text)

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]

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Description

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]

Species

The following 22 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid: [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 Tytthoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 31 August 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Tytthoscincus aesculeticola)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-07.