Brachymeles samad

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Brachymeles samad Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012: 159

Holotype: PNM 9767 (CDS Field no. 2772, formerly KU 310828), adult ♂, collected by C.D. Siler and J. Fernandez on 18 October 2007.
Type locality: “under rotting coconut husks in secondary-growth forest, in Taft Forest, Barangay San Rafael, Municipality of Taft, Eastern Samar Province, Samar Island, Philippines (11°48’9.18’’N, 125°17’33.936’’E; WGS-84)”.

Siler, C.D., Jones, R.M., Diesmos, A.C., Diesmos, M.L.L. & Brown, R.M. 2012. Phylogeny-Based Species Delimitation In Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) III: Taxonomic Revision of the Brachymeles gracilis Complex, With Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 26(1): 135–172. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-11-00006.1 Reference page.

Siler, C., Kim, P. & Diesmos, A.C. 2022. IUCN: Brachymeles samad (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T190746085A190746140. Accessed on 23 December 2025.