Lipinia
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Lipinia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Species in the genus Lipinia are commonly called lipinias.
TaxonomyEdit
The genus Lipinia belongs to the Sphenomorphus group of genera in which Lipinia has a rather basal position (Austin & Arnold 2006).
SpeciesEdit
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Lipinia auriculata Template:Small – Taylor's lipinia
- Lipinia cheesmanae Template:Small – Cheesman's lipinia,<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Lipinia cheesmanae, p. 52).</ref> Cheesman's moth skink
- Lipinia inconspicua Template:Small – hidden ground skink
- Lipinia inexpectata Template:Small
- Lipinia infralineolata Template:Small
- Lipinia leptosoma Template:Small – slender lipinia, Pandanus skink
- Lipinia longiceps Template:Small – long lipinia
- Lipinia macrotympanum Template:Small – big-eared lipinia
- Lipinia miangensis Template:Small – Werner's lipinia
- Lipinia microcerca Template:Small – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
- Lipinia nitens Template:Small
- Lipinia occidentalis Template:Small
- Lipinia pulchella Template:Small – yellow-striped slender tree skink, beautiful lipinia
- Lipinia quadrivittata Template:Small – four-striped lipinia, black-striped slender tree skink
- Lipinia rabori Template:Small – Rabor's lipinia, black slender tree skink
- Lipinia relicta Template:Small – Vinciguerra's lipinia
- Lipinia rouxi Template:Small – Roux's lipinia
- Lipinia sekayuensis Template:Small – Sekayu striped skink
- Lipinia semperi Template:Small – Semper's lipinia
- Lipinia septentrionalis Template:Small
- Lipinia subvittata Template:Small – striped lipinia
- Lipinia surda Template:Small – Malaysian striped skink
- Lipinia trivittata Template:Small
- Lipinia vassilievi Template:Small
- Lipinia venemai Template:Small – Brongersma's lipinia
- Lipinia vittigera Template:Small – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
- Lipinia vulcania Template:Small – vulcan lipinia
- Lipinia zamboangensis Template:Small – Zamboang lipinia, rusty tree skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lipinia.
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Template:Aut (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Lipinia, new genus, p. 84).
External linksEdit
- Template:Aut (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. {{#invoke:doi|main}} (HTML abstract)