- Lipinia macrotympanum
Taxobox | name = Big-eared Lipinia
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Sauria
familia =Scincidae
genus = "Lipinia "
species = "L. macrotympanum"
binomial = "Lipinia macrotympanum"
binomial_authority = (Stoliczka, 1873)Big-eared Lipinia "Lipinia macrotympanum" is a species of
skink found in theAndaman and Nicobar Islands ofIndia .Description
Body moderately slender. Snout rather attenuated and prolonged. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal in contact with the rostral, posteriorly just touching the frontal: 4 supraoculars: frontoparietal single; interparietal distinct; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; 4 pairs of nuchals; fifth upperlabial under the orbit. Ear-opening very large, rounded, with a perfectly smooth edge all rouud. 22 smooth scales round the middle of the body, dorsals slightly larger than laterals. A pair of moderately enlarged preanals. Limbs proportionately developed, with the toes very slender. Head above brown, paler on the snout: 3 longitudinal white bands along the body, separated by 2 somewhat broader brown bands ; the median dorsal white band becomes obsolete at the root of the tail: labials and sides of head brownish, spotted with white; limbs above with very close longitudinal brown lines, digits powdered with pure white; lower portion oi the sides and lower surfaces livid carneous, tinged with bright orange on the lower belly and on the tail. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.] Total length 4 inches, of which the tail measures nearly 2.5.The
type specimen was collected in the South Andaman on a sandy beach in the Macpherson's Straits.Notes
References
* Das, I. 1997 Rediscovery of Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873) from the Nicobar Islands, India. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7:23-26.
* Stoliczka,F. 1873 Notes on some Andamese and Nicobarese Reptiles, with the descriptions of three new species of lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 42: 162-169External links
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