Lipinia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Species in the genus Lipinia are commonly called lipinias.
Taxonomy
The genus Lipinia belongs to the Sphenomorphus group of genera in which Lipinia has a rather basal position (Austin & Arnold 2006).
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
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Lipinia auriculata (Taylor, 1917) – Taylor's lipinia
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Lipinia cheesmanae (Parker, 1940) – Cheesman's lipinia,[2] Cheesman's moth skink
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Lipinia inconspicua (Müller, 1894) – hidden ground skink
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Lipinia inexpectata Das & C. Austin, 2007
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Lipinia infralineolata (A. Günther, 1873)
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Lipinia leptosoma (W. Brown & Fehlmann, 1958) – slender lipinia, Pandanus skink
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Lipinia longiceps (Boulenger, 1895) – long lipinia
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Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873) – big-eared lipinia
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Lipinia miangensis (F. Werner, 1910) – Werner's lipinia
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Lipinia microcerca (Boettger, 1901) – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
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Lipinia nitens (W. Peters, 1871)
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Lipinia occidentalis R. Günther, 2000
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Lipinia pulchella Gray, 1845 – yellow-striped slender tree skink, beautiful lipinia
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Lipinia quadrivittata (W. Peters, 1867) – four-striped lipinia, black-striped slender tree skink
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Lipinia rabori (W. Brown & Alcala, 1956) – Rabor's lipinia, black slender tree skink
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Lipinia relicta (Vinciguerra, 1892) – Vinciguerra's lipinia
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Lipinia rouxi (Hediger, 1934) – Roux's lipinia
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Lipinia sekayuensis Grismer et al., 2014 – Sekayu striped skink
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Lipinia semperi (W. Peters, 1867) – Semper's lipinia
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Lipinia septentrionalis R. Günther, 2000
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Lipinia subvittata (A. Günther, 1873) – striped lipinia
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Lipinia surda Boulenger, 1900 – Malaysian striped skink
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Lipinia trivittata Poyarkov, Geissler, Gorin, Dunayev, Hartmann & Suwannapoom, 2019
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Lipinia vassilievi Poyarkov, Geissler, Gorin, Dunayev, Hartmann & Suwannapoom, 2019
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Lipinia venemai Brongersma, 1953 – Brongersma's lipinia
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Lipinia vittigera (Boulenger, 1894) – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
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Lipinia vulcania Girard, 1858 – vulcan lipinia
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Lipinia zamboangensis (W. Brown & Alcala, 1963) – Zamboang lipinia, rusty tree skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lipinia.
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