Vosmer's writhing skink (Riopa vosmaeri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Riopa |
| Species: | R. vosmaeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Riopa vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, vosmaeri, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Arnout Vosmaer (1720–1799).[4]
Geographic range and habitat
editR. 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]
Description
editR. vosmaerii resembles L. lineata. However, L. vosmaerii has five digits on each front foot, where R. lineata has only four.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B (2013). "Lygosoma vosmaeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T194122A2301386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194122A2301386.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 2: 287-293, 331-337. (Hagria vosmaerii, new species, p. 333).
- ^ a b Lygosoma vosmaeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 January 2015.
- ^ 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. (Lygosoma vosmaeri, p. 276).
- ^ Seetharamaraju M, Sreekar R, Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Kaur H, Venkateshwarlu P (2009). "Rediscovery of Vosmer's Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 1 (12): 624–626. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2160.624-6.
- ^ Smith MA (1935).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Lygosoma vosmaeri, p. 315 + Plate XXV, figures 2, 2a, 2b).
- Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Riopa vosmaeri, p. 322).
- Vyas, Raju (2002). "Notes on the distribution of Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) and comments on the systematic status of L. vosmaerii (Gray, 1839)". Hamadryad 26 (2):360-361. [2001].
External links
edit- Banglapedia, National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lizard).