Lipinia vulcania

Lipinia vulcania, also known as the vulcan lipinia, is a species of skink endemic to the Philippines.[1][2] It is known from two specimens:[1] the holotype was collected at ca. 1700 m above sea level on Mindanao Island in 1857,[1][2] and another one in southern Luzon in 1956.[1]

Lipinia vulcania

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lipinia
Species:
L. vulcania
Binomial name
Lipinia vulcania
(Girard, 1857)

References

  1. Brown, R. & Diesmos, A. (2009). "Lipinia vulcania". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169848A6681850. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. Lipinia vulcania at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.


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