''Lipinia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...

s in the

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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

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in which ''Lipinia'' has a rather basal position (Austin &

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2006).

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid. *''

Lipinia auriculata ''Lipinia auriculata'', also known as the Taylor's lipinia, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast A ...

'' – Taylor's lipinia *''

Lipinia cheesmanae ''Lipinia cheesmanae'', also known commonly as Cheesman's lipinia and Cheesman's moth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. Etymology The specific name, ''cheesmanae'' (genitive, f ...

'' – 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 *''

Lipinia inconspicua ''Lipinia inconspicua'', the hidden ground skink, 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, Pa ...

'' – hidden ground skink *''

Lipinia inexpectata ''Lipinia inexpectata'' is a species of skink. Prior to its description, it was confused with '' Lipinia quadrivittata''. It is endemic to Borneo and is found in both Indonesian and Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featu ...

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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 ...

'' *''

Lipinia leptosoma ''Lipinia leptosoma'', also known as the slender lipinia or Pandanus skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the weste ...

'' – slender lipinia, Pandanus skink *''

Lipinia longiceps The long lipinia (''Lipinia longiceps'') is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 1895 by Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was ...

'' – long lipinia *''

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 *''

Lipinia miangensis Werner's lipinia (''Lipinia miangensis'') 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 oc ...

'' – Werner's lipinia *'' Lipinia microcerca'' – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink *'' Lipinia nitens'' *'' Lipinia occidentalis'' *''

Lipinia pulchella ''Lipinia pulchella'', known commonly as the yellow-striped slender tree skink or beautiful lipinia, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. Subspecies Three subspecies are recognize ...

'' – yellow-striped slender tree skink, beautiful lipinia *'' Lipinia quadrivittata'' – four-striped lipinia, black-striped slender tree skink *'' Lipinia rabori'' – Rabor's lipinia, black slender tree skink *'' Lipinia relicta'' – Vinciguerra's lipinia *''

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 *'' Lipinia sekayuensis'' – Sekayu striped skink *'' Lipinia semperi'' – Semper's lipinia *'' Lipinia septentrionalis'' *'' Lipinia subvittata'' – striped lipinia *''

Lipinia surda ''Lipinia surda'', the Malaysian striped skink, is a species of skink found in Malaysia and Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast As ...

'' – Malaysian striped skink *'' Lipinia trivittata'' *'' Lipinia vassilievi'' *'' Lipinia venemai'' – Brongersma's lipinia *'' Lipinia vittigera'' – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink *'' Lipinia vulcania'' – vulcan lipinia *'' Lipinia zamboangensis'' – Zamboang lipinia, rusty tree skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lipinia''.

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* (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. (HTML abstract) Lipinia Lizard genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Sphenomorphinae-stub

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