Lipinia cheesmanae

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Lipinia cheesmanae

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lipinia
Species:
L. cheesmanae
Binomial name
Lipinia cheesmanae
(Parker, 1940)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) cheesmanae
    Parker, 1940
  • Lipinia cheesmanae
    — Greer, 1974

Lipinia cheesmanae, also known commonly as Cheesman's lipinia and Cheesman's moth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, cheesmanae (genitive, feminine), is in honor of British entomologist Lucy Evelyn Cheesman.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of L. cheesmanae is forest, at altitudes of 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

The mode of reproduction of L. cheesmanae is unknown.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Tallowin, O.; Shea, G. (2017). "Lipinia cheesmanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42484794A42484799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42484794A42484799.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Lipinia cheesmanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lipinia cheesmanae, p. 52).

Further reading[]

  • Parker HW (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and new Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Lygosoma cheesmanae, new species, p. 265).
  • Zweifel RG (1979). "Variation in the Scincid Lizard Lipinia noctua and Notes on Other Lipinia from the New Guinea Region". American Museum Novitates (2676): 1–21. (Lipinia cheesmanae, pp. 14–15, figures 9A, 10).



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