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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>

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lipinia.

ReferencesEdit

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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)

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