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Previous taxonomic assessments of species in this genus recognized six groups of species that shared similar morphologies (see Brown and Alcala, 1980). Subsequent analyses of morphology and phylogenetic studies have not supported the monophyly of these species groups, and large taxonomic revisions are needed in this diverse group of ground skinks to sort out the true species diversity and appropriate generic assignments of its members. This species has traditionally been considered a member of Group 3 species in the genus Sphenomorphus. Group 3 species were diagnosed on the basis of being small to intermediate sized, slender species that possess a number of scale characters in common (Brown and Alcala, 1980). Brown and Alcala (1980) also considered the Borneo species S. murudensis and S. kinabaluensis from Borneo as part of this group; however, Greer and Parker (1967) considered these species part of Group 4 or "variegatus" group.
In recent study of Philippine forest skinks, Linkem et al. (2011) used molecular data to test the monophyly of previously hypothesized species groups within the genus Sphenomorphus. Results of the study indicated widespread taxonomic instability, and as a result, broad taxonomic changes were made to the genus, resurrecting available names as well as describing new genera. Sphenomorphus laterimaculatus is now recognized to be a member of the genus Parvoscincus.
Parvoscincus laterimaculatus can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters (1) small to medium body size (SVL 42.1–57.1 mm); (2) paravertebral scales 74–83; (3) midventral scales 42–48; (4) midbody scales 34–38; (5) number of supraoculars contacting frontal 3; (6) Toe IV lamellae 17–18; (7) prefrontal scales in contact; (8) frontoparietal scales fused; (9) venter bright orange with yellow spots.
Parvoscincus laterimaculatus is known from southern Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Luzon Pleistocene Aggregate Island Complex (PAIC; Brown and Diesmos, 2002).
SVL 42.1–57.1 mm
Philippines, Luzon Island, Sorsogon Province, Municipality of Bulusan, Barangay San Roque (N: 12.751°; E: 124.084°), collected by D. S. Rabor, April– May, 1961: CAS-SU 24204 (Brown et al., 2010).
Parvoscincus laterimaculatus is a species of skink found in the Philippines.[2]
Parvoscincus laterimaculatus is a species of skink found in the Philippines.
