Lipinia rabori (BROWN & ALCALA, 1956)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rabor's Lipinia
Synonym	Lygosoma rabori BROWN & ALCALA 1956: 8 Lipinia rabori — GREER 1974 Lipinia rabori — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 97 Lipinia rabori — DAS & AUSTIN 2007
Distribution	Philippines (Negros, Panay) Type locality: Cuernos de Negros, Negros Island.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: CAS-SUR 19150
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dr. Dioscoro S. "Joe" Rabor (1911-1996), the preeminent Philippine ornithologist, mammalogist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, and conservationist of the 20th century.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Brown, W.C. & ALCALA,A.C. 1956. A review of the Philippine lizards of the genus Lygosoma (Leiolopisma). Occas. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ. (3): 1-10 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. & 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 Gaulke, M. 2011. The herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Edition Chimaira, 390 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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