Lipinia cheesmanae

Lipinia cheesmanae
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
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. 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. 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 Series5: 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).