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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Scincidae
Bibliography of the genus Otosaurus
Biodiversity of the family Scincidae








Genus
Otosaurus

Philippine Giant Forest Skink

Philippinischer Riesenwaldskink

Filippinsk Kæmpeskovskink

1845 Otosaurus Gray (type species: Otosaurus cumingii Gray 1845)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Sphenomorphus (e.g., Greer & Parker 1967; Brown & Alcala 1980). Revalidated as a separate genus by Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (2011).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Otosaurus cumingii

Philippine Giant Forest Skink, (Cuming's Eared Skink)

Philippinischer Riesenwaldskink

Filippinsk Kæmpeskovskink

1845 Otosaurus cumingii Gray
Lygosoma cumingi Boulenger 1887
Sphenomorphus cumingi Greer & Parker 1967
1867 Euprepes otus Peters (Brown & Alcala 1980)

Remarks: Erroneously(?) listed for New Guinea (Sepik River) by De Rooij (1915).
Distribution: Philippines (Bohol, Catanduanes, Dinagat, Kalotkot, Leyte, Lubang, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Sibuyan, Sicogon).