Lipinia inexpectata DAS & AUSTIN, 2007

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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; 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.
Comment	Populations of L. inexpectata from Borneo have been previously described as L. quadrivittata.
Etymology	The species name (an adjective in feminine form) refers to the unexpected nature of the discovery of the type series. This species was referred to Lipinia quadrivittata for 90 years since the work of de Rooij (1915).
References	Brown, WC. & A.C. ALCALA 1980. Philippine Lizards of the family Scincidae. Silliman Univ. Nat. Sci., Dumaguete City, Mon., Ser. 2: i-xi + 1-246. Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo 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 Greer, A.E. 1973. Two new lygosomine skinks from New Guinea with comments on the loss of the external ear in lygosomines and observations on previously described species. Breviora (406): 1-25 - get paper here Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/pdf_neu/HOB%20New%20Species%20Report… http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/multequina/indice/pdf/13/13-7.pdf Google images

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