Pinoyscincus jagori, Jagor's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is Endemism to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name,
jagori, is in honor of German naturalist
Fedor Jagor.
[; ; (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ]
. ( Sphenomorphus jagori, p. 132).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of
P. jagori is
forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
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Description
Dorsally, P. jagori is brown, with darker and lighter variegations.[Boulenger (1887).] Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about .[ The tail length exceeds the SVL.][
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Reproduction
P. jagori is Oviparity.[
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Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[
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Pinoyscincus jagori grandis
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Pinoyscincus jagori jagori
Nota bene: A Trinomen in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.
Further reading
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, , , (2017). "Amphibians and Reptiles in the Vicinity of Bulusan Lake, Bulusan Volcano Natural Park, Sorsogon, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Science 146 (3): 339–351.
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Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... . London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (" Lygosoma jagorii ", p. 240).
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, , (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. ( Pinoyscincus jagori, new combination).
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Wilhelm Peters (1864). " Über die Eidechsenfamilie der Scincoiden, insbesondere über die Schneider'schen, Wieggman'schen und neue Arten des zoologischen Museums". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 44–58. (" Lygosoma (Hinulia) Jagorii ", new species, p. 54). (in German).
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Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (" Sphenomorphus jagorii grandis ", new subspecies, p. 195–196, Figure 28, a–c).
