Parvoscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines.

Description

Species in the genus Parvoscincus are small to moderately sized skinks; the maximum snout-vent length (SVL) ranges from in Parvoscincus tagapayo to in Parvoscincus hadros.

Parvoscincus

Species

The genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century.

Parvoscincus

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

Parvoscincus

References

Further reading

Ferner, John W.; Brown, Rafe M.; Greer, Allen E. (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Moist Closed Canopy Forest Skinks from the Philippines". Journal of Herpetology 31 (2): 187–192. (Parvoscincus, new genus, P. sisoni, new species).

Lizard genera

Taxa named by John W. Ferner

Taxa named by Rafe M. Brown

Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer