Lipinia

Taxobox
name = "Lipinia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lipinia noctua"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia (paraphyletic)
unranked_ordo = Sauria
ordo = Squamata (paraphyletic)
infraordo = Scincomorpha
familia = Scincidae
subfamilia = Lygosominae
genus = "Lipinia"
genus_authority = Gray, 1845
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Over 20, see text.

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).

pecies

*"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"

References

* (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)