Biology:Lipinia cheesmanae
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Lipinia cheesmanae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lipinia |
| Species: | L. cheesmanae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lipinia cheesmanae (Parker, 1940)
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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.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, cheesmanae (genitive, feminine), is in honor of British entomologist Lucy Evelyn Cheesman.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. cheesmanae is forest, at altitudes of 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft).[3]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of L. cheesmanae is unknown.[3][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lipinia cheesmanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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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).
Wikidata ☰ Q3242164 entry
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