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Riopa vosmaerii (GRAY, 1839)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Vosmer's Writhing Skink 
SynonymHagria 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 
DistributionIndia (Andhra Pradesh)

Type locality: “Java” (in error)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 0777 (same as holotype for lamarrei) 
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CommentSynonymy: 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. 
EtymologyNamed after Arnout Vosmaer (1720-1799), the Curator of the Menagerie and the Museum of the Stadtholder (Dutch Head of State) from 1756. 
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
 
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