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