| Riopa vosmaerii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Riopa |
| Species: | R. vosmaeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Riopa vosmaeri (Gray, 1839) | |
| Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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Vosmer's writhing skink (Riopa vosmaeri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to India.
The specific name, vosmaeri, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Arnout Vosmaer (1720–1799). [4]
R. vosmaerii is found in India. [1] [3] Originally it was known only from the holotype. A second specimen was discovered in 2009 in an open scrub jungle in rocky habitat near Jaggayapet, Andhra Pradesh, some 170 years after the collection of the holotype. [1] [5]
R. vosmaerii resembles L. lineata . However, L. vosmaerii has five digits on each front foot, where R. lineata has only four. [6]
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