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Lipinia zamboangensis (BROWN & ALCALA, 1963)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zamboang Lipinia 
SynonymLygosoma (Leiolopisma) zamboangensis BROWN & ALCALA 1963
Lipinia zamboangensis — GREER 1974: 11
Lipinia zamboangensis — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 102
Lipinia zamboangensis — DAS & AUSTIN 2007 
DistributionPhilippines (Mindanao, Zamboanga peninsula)

Type locality: Dapitan Peak, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CAS-SUR 22425 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Brown, W.C. & ALCALA,A.C. 1963. Addition to the leiolopismid lizards known from the Philippines, with description of a new species and subspecies. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 76: 69-80 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
 
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