Pinoyscincus coxi, Cox's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology The specific name, coxi, is in honor of Alvin J. Cox who was Director of the Philippines Bureau of Science.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphenomorphus coxi, p. 61).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. coxi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of P. coxi is unknown.
Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Pinoyscincus coxi coxi Pinoyscincus coxi divergens
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.
References
Further reading Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1217–1243. (Pinoyscincus coxi, new combination). Taylor EH (1915). "New species of Philippine lizards". Philippine Journal of Science, Section D, General Biology, Ethnology, and Anthropology 10 (2): 89–109 + Plate I. (Sphenomorphus coxi, new species, pp. 100–101 + Plate I, figures 3 & 4). Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (Sphenomorphus jagorii divergens, new subspecies, p. 194).