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Parvoscincus duwendorum

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ18609864 ↗
Source-derived summary

Parvoscincus duwendorum, also known as the cordillera aquatic skink, is a species of skink endemic to the island Luzon, the Philippines.

Editorial summary

“Parvoscincus duwendorum” enters the record as species of reptile. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Parvoscincus, duwendorum and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 21-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Parvoscincus, duwendorum and species.
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“Parvoscincus duwendorum” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Parvoscincus, duwendorum and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q18609864. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Parvoscincus duwendorum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.