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 32 mm in Parvoscincus tagapayo to 87 mm in Parvoscincus hadros.

Species

The genus Parvoscincus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid, many of them described in the 21st century. • Parvoscincus abstrusus Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus agtorum Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus arvindiesmosi Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus aurorus Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus banahaoensis Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus beyeri (Taylor, 1922) - Beyer's sphenomorphus • Parvoscincus boyingi (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Boying’s Zambales mountain skink • Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) - black-sided sphenomorphus • Parvoscincus duwendorum Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - cordillera aquatic skink • Parvoscincus hadros (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Aurora mountain skink • Parvoscincus igorotorum (R. Brown, Linkem, Diesmos, Balete, Duya & Ferner, 2010) - Igorot cordillera mountain skink • Parvoscincus jimmymcguirei Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus kitangladensis (Brown, 1995) • Parvoscincus laterimaculatus (Brown & Alcala, 1980) • Parvoscincus lawtoni (Brown & Alcala, 1980) • Parvoscincus leucospilos (W. Peters, 1872) - white-spotted sphenomorphus • Parvoscincus luzonensis (Boulenger, 1894) - highland sphenomorphus • Parvoscincus manananggalae Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - Aurora aquatic skink • Parvoscincus palaliensis Linkem & R. Brown, 2013 • Parvoscincus palawanensis (Brown & Alcala, 1961) • Parvoscincus sisoni Ferner, R. Brown & Greer, 1997 • Parvoscincus steerei (Stejneger, 1908) - Steere's sphenomorphus • Parvoscincus tagapayo (R. Brown, McGuire, Ferner & Alcala, 1999) - Aurora mountain skink • Parvoscincus tikbalangi Siler, Linkem, Cobb, Watters, Cummings, Diesmos & R. Brown, 2014 - Sierra Madres aquatic skink Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Parvoscincus.