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Sphenomorphus
Sign in to saveThe genus Sphenomorphus – vernacularly also known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as presently delimited is likely not to be monophyletic and needs review. Some species in this genus have been moved to Pinoyscincus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,807
- With media
- 98
- Family
- Scincidae
- Collections
- CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM
- Recorded in
- Philippine Ids., Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam
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The genus Sphenomorphus – vernacularly also known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as presently delimited is likely not to be monophyletic and needs review. Some species in this genus have been moved to Pinoyscincus.
The namesake of the Sphenomorphus group of Lygosominae genera, most species would probably occupy a rather basal position therein.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sphenomorphus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.