Riopa vosmaerii (GRAY, 1839)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Vosmer's Writhing Skink
Synonym	Hagria vosmaeri GRAY 1839: 333 Campsodactylus Lamarrei DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 762 (fide SMITH 1935) Camposdactylus Lamarrei DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 762 (fide BRYGOO 1985) Lygosoma vosmaeri — BOULENGER 1887: 67 Riopa vosmaeri — SMITH 1935: 322 Lygosoma vosmaeri — BRYGOO 1985: 115 Lygosoma vosmaeri — DAS 1996: 46 Riopa vosmaeri — FREITAS et al. 2019 Riopa vosmaerii — CHAPPLE et al. 2021 Lygosoma Vosmaeri — LINDKEN et al. 2024
Distribution	India (Andhra Pradesh) Type locality: “Java” (in error)
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 0777 (same as holotype for lamarrei)
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Comment	Synonymy: Boulenger (1890) considered the holotype (MNHN 777; ex-MNHN 3007; fide Brygoo 1985) of L. vosmaerii (Gray 1839) to be an apparently anomalous specimen of L. lineata (Gray, 1839), although Smith (1935) and Sharma (2002) treated both the taxa as distinct.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126 Chapple, David G; Roll, Uri; Böhm, Monika; Aguilar, Rocío Amey, Andrew P Austin, Chris C Baling, Marleen Barley, Anthony J Bates, Michael F Bauer, Aaron M Blackburn, Daniel G Bowles, Phil Brown, Rafe M Chandramouli, S R Chirio, Laurent Cogger, Hal Co 2021. Conservation Status of the World’s Skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and Geographic Patterns in Extinction Risk. Biological Conservation 257: 109101 - get paper here Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here FREITAS, <br />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 Seetharamaraju, M., R. Sreekar, C. Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Srinivasulu, Harpreet Kaur & P. Venkateshwarlu 2009. Rediscovery of Vosmer’s Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1 (12): 624-626 - 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, Raju 2002. Notes on the distribution of Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) and comments on the systematic status of L. vosmaerii (Gray, 1839). Hamadryad 26 (2):360-361 [2001] - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/December/srinivasulu.htm Google images

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