Lipinia inexpectata DAS & AUSTIN, 2007
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Lipinia inexpectata?
Lipinia inexpectata
We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: 
| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Lipinia inexpectata DAS & AUSTIN 2007 Saiphos quadrivittatum — DE ROOIJ 1915: 271 Saiphos quadrivittatum — TAYLOR 1963: 1053 Lipinia quadrivittata — GREER 1974: 11 Lipinia quadrivittata — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 85 Lipinia sp. — DAS 2004 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Borneo, Celebes) Type locality: Pulau Manukan (05°58’N; 115°59’E), Kota Kinabalu District, Sabah, East Malaysia |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZRC 2.5728 (field number ID– 7191; holotype); C. C. Austin and I. Das, collectors, 5 December 2000. Adult female (with paired shelled ova in the oviducts). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small (SVL to 40.6 mm) species of Lipinia, diagnosable from congeneric species in having the following combination of characters: external ear opening absent; lower eyelid with a clear spectacle; 20 midbody scale rows; 46–50 longitudinal scale rows between parietals and base of tail; 16–17 lamellae under toe IV; 6 supralabials; 6–7 infralabials; 68–74 subcaudals. Coloration: dorsum tan brown with dark gray brown stripes; dorsum tan brown with a series of dark gray brown stripes; a series of dark spots arranged in a longitudinal series bilaterally on each outer side of the paravertebral stripes; labials unbarred; venter yellowish-cream with pale gray smudges, and a unique cytb gene sequence. (Das & Asutin 2007) |
| Comment | Populations of L. inexpectata from Borneo have been previously described as L. quadrivittata. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| References |
|
| External links |