Lipinia
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| Lipinia | |
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| Lipinia noctua | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
| (unranked): | Sauria |
| Order: | Squamata (paraphyletic) |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Lipinia Gray, 1845 |
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The lipinias (genus Lipinia) are skinks (family Scincidae). They belong to the Sphenomorphus group of genera in which Lipinia has a rather basal position (Austin & Arnold 2006).
[edit] Species
- Lipinia auriculata
- Lipinia cheesmanae
- Lipinia inexpectata
- Lipinia leptosoma
- Lipinia longiceps
- Lipinia macrotympanum, Big-eared Lipinia
- Lipinia miangensis
- Lipinia noctua
- Lipinia nototaenia
- Lipinia occidentalis
- Lipinia pulchella
- Lipinia pulchra
- Lipinia quadrivittata, Four-striped Lipinia
- Lipinia rabori
- Lipinia relicta
- Lipinia rouxi
- Lipinia semperi
- Lipinia septentrionalis
- Lipinia subvittata
- Lipinia venemai
- Lipinia vittigera
- Lipinia vulcania
- Lipinia zamboangensis
[edit] References
- Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
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