''Lipinia'' is a
genus
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of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
s,
lizard
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s in the
family
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Scincidae.
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in the genus ''Lipinia'' are commonly called lipinias.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Lipinia'' belongs to the ''
Sphenomorphus
The genus ''Sphenomorphus'' – vernacularly also known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus ...
'' group of
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
in which ''Lipinia'' has a rather
basal position (Austin &
Arnold 2006).
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
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Lipinia auriculata'' – Taylor's lipinia
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Lipinia cheesmanae'' –
Cheesman's lipinia,
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lipinia cheesmanae'', p. 52).] Cheesman's moth skink
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Lipinia inconspicua'' – hidden ground skink
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Lipinia inexpectata''
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Lipinia infralineolata
''Lipinia infralineolata'' is a species of skink found in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprisin ...
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Lipinia leptosoma'' – slender lipinia, Pandanus skink
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Lipinia longiceps'' – long lipinia
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Lipinia macrotympanum
''Lipinia'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. Species in the genus ''Lipinia'' are commonly called lipinias.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Lipinia'' belongs to the ''Sphenomorphus'' group of genus, genera in which ...
'' – big-eared lipinia
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Lipinia miangensis'' – Werner's lipinia
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Lipinia microcerca'' – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
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Lipinia nitens''
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Lipinia occidentalis''
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Lipinia pulchella'' – yellow-striped slender tree skink, beautiful lipinia
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Lipinia quadrivittata'' – four-striped lipinia, black-striped slender tree skink
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Lipinia rabori'' – Rabor's lipinia, black slender tree skink
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Lipinia relicta'' – Vinciguerra's lipinia
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Lipinia rouxi
''Lipinia rouxi'', also known as Roux's lipinia, is a species of skink. It is endemic to New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island coun ...
'' – Roux's lipinia
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Lipinia sekayuensis'' – Sekayu striped skink
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Lipinia semperi'' – Semper's lipinia
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Lipinia septentrionalis''
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Lipinia subvittata'' – striped lipinia
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Lipinia surda'' – Malaysian striped skink
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Lipinia trivittata''
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Lipinia vassilievi''
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Lipinia venemai'' – Brongersma's lipinia
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Lipinia vittigera'' – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
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Lipinia vulcania'' – vulcan lipinia
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Lipinia zamboangensis'' – Zamboang lipinia, rusty tree skink
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lipinia''.
References
Further reading
* (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 links
* (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.
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Lipinia
Lizard genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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