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Riopa lineata (GRAY, 1839)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lined Supple Skink 
SynonymChiamela lineata GRAY 1839: 333
Lygosoma lineatum — BOULENGER 1887: 316
Lygosoma lineatum — HORA 1927: 6
Riopa lineata — SMITH 1935: 321
Lygosoma lineata — DAS 1996: 46
Lygosoma lineata — MIRZA et al. 2010
Riopa lineata — FREITAS et al. 2019
Riopa lineata — PATEL et al. 2019 
DistributionIndia (Bombay district between Poona and N Kanara, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh ?, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand)

Type locality: India  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.83 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: there seems to be only one record from Jharkhand; there are no records filling the gap between Jharkhand and Maharashtra, VYAS 2014). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “linea”, meaning stripe or line. 
References
  • Ardesana, R., B. Trivedi, R. Jadav, R. Jhala, P. Joshi, M. Bharad & J. Ardesana 2019. Lined Supple Skink: notes on Lygosoma lineata from Rajkot City, Gujarat, India. Zoo’s Print 34 (3): 15-18 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • FREITAS, ELYSE S.; ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, PRAVEEN KARANTH, L. LEE GRISMER and CAMERON D. SILER 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096 - get paper here
  • Gray,J.E. 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 (11): 331-337 [continued from page 293] - get paper here
  • Hora, S.L. 1927. Notes on lizards in the Indian Museum. III. On the unnamed collection of lizards of the family Scincidae. Records of the Indian Museum 29: 1-6
  • Ingle, Mukesh; Ulka Yadav, Ashok K. Bhilala, Manohar Pawar 2019. Urban Herpetofauna: A Case Study in Ujjain City of Central India. International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences 6 (5): 76-84 - get paper here
  • Manhas, Amit; Rajni Raina, and Ashwani Wanganeo 2018. Reptilian diversity of the Bhopal Region in the State of Madhya Pradesh in central India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25 (2): 104–114 - get paper here
  • Mirza, Zeeshan A.; Javed J. Ahmed & Sunny Patil 2010. Notes on the Distribution and Natural History of Lined Supple Skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Reptile Rap (9): 5-6 - get paper here
  • Naik Y M; Vinod K R 1994. Record of a rare skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) from Kevadia, Gujarat. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91 (2): 324-325. - get paper here
  • Narasimmarajan, K. & Subhasis Mahato 2013. First Record of Lined Supple Skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) from Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra. Reptile Rap (15): 9-10 - get paper here
  • Patel, Harshil; and Raju Vyas 2019. Reptiles of Gujarat, India: Updated Checklist, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Herpetology Notes 12: 765-777 - get paper here
  • Patel, Harshil; Raju Vyas, Bhautik Dudhatra, Vaibhav Naik, Ashish Chavda, Devendra Chauhan, Amit Vaghashiya, Ramesh Vagadiya and Pranav Vaghashiya 2019. Preliminary report on Herpetofauna of Mount Girnar, Gujarat, India. Journal of Animal Diversity 1 (2): 9–35
  • Patel, Harshil; Raju Vyas, Vaibhav Naik, Bhautik Dudhatra & Shantilal K. Tank 2018. Herpetofauna of the Northern Western Ghats of Gujarat, India. Zoology and Ecology, DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2018.1499237 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp.
  • Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
  • VYAS, R. 2001. Notes on the distribution of Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) and comments on the systematic status of Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839). Hamadryad 26 (2): 360- 361 - get paper here
  • VYAS, R. 2009. Notes on the Distribution and Natural History of an endemic Skink from India: Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839). Sauria 31 (1): 45-50 - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2007. Present conservation scenario of reptile fauna in Gujarat State, India. Indian Forester, Oct 2007: 1381-1394 - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2007. Herptofauna of Puma Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. Reptile Rap (8): 10-15 - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2011. Reptilian diversity in and around the Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. Reptile Rap (11): 5-15 - get paper here
  • Vyas, Raju 2014. Notes and comments on the distribution of two endemic Lygosoma skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (14): 6726–6732 - get paper here
 
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