Lipinia leptosoma (BROWN & FEHLMANN, 1958)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Slender Lipinia
Synonym	Aulacoplax leptosoma BROWN & FEHLMANN 1958: 3 Lipinia leptosoma — GREER 1974 Anlacoplax leptosoma — BRYGOO 1985: 55 (in error) Lipinia leptosoma — AUSTIN 1995 Lipinia leptosoma — DAS & AUSTIN 2007
Distribution	Palau Island (= Belau Islands, Babelthuap, Koror, and Toiracholodochoel) Type locality: Arakitaoch Creek about 2 miles south of Ngarekeai Village, Babelthuap Island, Palau Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: CAS-SUR 20588, female; paratypes: 91 specimens, CAS-SUR
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3870 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	external ear opening pres- ent; 22–26 midbody scale rows; supralabial five in midorbital position; 7–10 lamellae under toe IV; and arboreal habits (from DAS & AUSTIN 2007).
Etymology	Named after Greek leptos, thin, and soma, body. The genus name Aulacoplax is derived from the Greek aulakos, furrow; and plax, plate.
References	Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here 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 - get paper here Austin, Christopher 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. - get paper here Brown, W.C. & Fehlmann,A. 1958. A new genus and species of arboreal scincid lizard from the Palau Islands. Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ. (6): 1-7 Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126 Crombie, Ronald I. and Gregory K. Pregill 1999. A Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Palau Islands (Republic of Belau), Oceania. Herpetological Monographs 13: 29-80 - get paper here Das, I. & Austin, C.C. 2007. New Species of Lipinia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Borneo, Revealed by Molecular and Morphological Data. Journal of Herpetology 41 (1): 61 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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