Variation in the scincid lizard Lipinia noctua and notes on other Lipinia from the New Guinea region

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2676

By

Zweifel, Richard George, 1926-2019

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1979

Notes

Title from caption.

"June 11, 1979."

"Variation of color pattern and scutellation of Lipinia noctua (Lesson) is described, with emphasis on populations of the New Guinea region. The considerable individual and geographic variation seen in L. noctua and the less extensive, aprtly nonconcordant variation in scutellation are not readily resolved into a pattern of geographic subspecies. Hence, L. noctua is considered to be monotypic species. Lipinia miota (Boulenger) and L. rouxi (Hediger) are referred to the synonymy of L. noctua. Attention is directed to the relative uniformity of color pattern and scutellation of L. noctua over the Pacific Islands, in contrast to the diversity in the much smaller New Guinea region. A key to the five species of Lipinia in New Guinea is included together with notes on distribution and ecology"--P. [1].

Subjects

Lipinia , Lipinia noctua , New Guinea , Reptiles , Skinks , Variation

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2676, 1979

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/80108465
OCLC: 6376907