Lipinia subvittata (GÜNTHER, 1873)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Striped Lipinia
Synonym	Cophoscincus subvittatus GÜNTHER 1873 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) subvittatum — BROWN & ALCALA 1963 Lipinia subvittata — GREER 1974: 11 Lipinia subvittata — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 87 Lipinia subvittata — DAS & GREER 2002 Lipinia subvittata — DAS & AUSTIN 2007
Distribution	Philippines (Mindanao), Indonesia (Celebes, N/C Sulawesi) Type locality: Manado (Menado?), Celebes
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.6.97 (formerly 71.7.20.221), collected A.B. Meyer.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin sub for down or below and Latin vittatus, meaning adorned with a band and refers to the species’ typical colour pattern.
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 Das, I. & Greer, A.E. 2002. Lipinia nitens (Peters, 1871): discovery of a second specimen and a redescription of the holotype. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50 (2): 483-486 - get paper here Gillespie, G. & Shea, G. 2021. Lipinia subvittata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T195304A2377878 - get paper here Günther,A. 1873. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. Bernhard Meyer in Celebes and the Philippine Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1873: 165-172 - get paper here Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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