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Last update: 25 July, 2003

Lipinia is a genus consisting of 23 species of skinks from the Australasian region. The genus is closely related to the genus Sphenomorphus.

Lipinia albodorsalis (Vogt, 1932)

Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

Lipinia auriculata (Taylor, 1917)

Distribution: Philippines.
Lipinia cheesmanae Parker, 1940

Distribution: Irian Jaya in Indonesia.
Lipinia leptosoma (Brown & Fehlmann, 1958)

Distribution: Palau Island.
Lipinia longiceps Boulenger, 1895

Distribution: Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya in Indonesia.
Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873)

Distribution: India.
Lipinia miangensis (Werner, 1910)

Distribution: Indonesia.
Lipinia noctua (Lesson, 1826)

Distribution: Indonesia, Palau Islands, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
Lipinia nototaenia (Boulenger, 1914)

Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Lipinia occidentalis Günther, 2000

Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Lipinia pulchella (Gray, 1845)
  • pulchella (Gray, 1845)
  • levitoni (Brown & Alcala, 1963)
  • taylori (Brown & Alcala, 1963)

    Distribution: Philippines.

    • Lipinia pulchra (Boulenger, 1903)

    Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
    Lipinia quadrivittata (Peters, 1867)

    Distribution: India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

    Lipinia rabori (Brown & Alcala, 1956)

    Distribution: Philippines.
    Lipinia relicta (Vinciguerra, 1892)

    Distribution: Indonesia and Philippines.
    Lipinia rouxi (Hediger, 1934)

    Distribution: Bismarck Archipelago and New Ireland Island.

    Lipinia semperi (Peters, 1867)

    Distribution: Philippines.
    Lipinia septentrionalis Günther, 2000

    Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
    Lipinia subvittata (Günther, 1873)

    Distribution: Indonesia and Philippines.
    Lipinia venemai Brongersma, 1942

    Distribution: Indonesia.
    Lipinia vittigerum (Boulenger, 1894)
  • vittigerum (Boulenger, 1894)
  • microcercum (Boettger, 1901)

    Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

    • Lipinia vulcania Girard, 1857

    Distribution: Philippines.
    Lipinia zamboangensis (Brown & Alcala, 1963)

    Distribution: Philippines.
    Literature
    Auffenberg, W. & T. Auffenberg. 1988. Resource Partitioning in a Community of Philippine Skinks (Sauria: Scincidae). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 32(2): 151-219.
    Auffenberg, W. & T. Auffenberg. 1989. Reproductive Patterns in Sympatric Philippine Skinks (Sauria: Scincidae). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 34(5): 201-247.
    Austin, C.C. 1995. Molecular and Morphological Evolution in South Pacific Scincid Lizards: Morphological Conservatism and Phylogenetic Relationships of Papuan Lipinia (Scincidae). Herpetologica, 51(3): 291-300.
    Austin, C.C. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Lipinia (Scincidae) from New Guinea based on DNA sequence variation from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and Nuclear C-MOS genes. Hamadryad, 23(2):93-102.
    Austin, C.C. 1999. Island colonization by Lipinia noctua (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Melanesia: molecular phylogeny and population structure based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rRNA genes. 169-189 In H. Ota, (ed.). Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
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    Das, I. 1997. Rediscovery of Lipina macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873) from the Nicobar Islands, India. Asiatic Herpetol. Res., 7: 23-26.
    Girard, C. 1858. Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part. – Including the species of Saurians, exotic to North America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 9: 195-199.
    Günther, R. 2000. In alten Sammlungen aus Neuguinea entdeckt: Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Lipinia (Squamata: Scincidae). Salamandra, 36(3): 157-174.
    Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Mber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 13-37.
    Peters, W.C.H. & G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti de O. Beccari, L.M. d’Albertis e A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, (1)13: 323-450.
    Shea, G.M. & A.E. Greer. 2002. From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: Generic Reassignment of Two Poorly Known New Guinea Skinks. J. Herpetol., 36(2): 148-156.