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Riopa
''Riopa'' is a genus of skinks. It is easy to tell the species apart from most other skinks by bright red coloring on their sides from which they get their name. They also have a bule that runs down the side of their tail. Diet The riopas are omnivore reptiles, they usually eat insects like crickets or worms, but sometimes, they can eat little pieces of meat (usually little mice) Species The following species are recognized. www.reptile-database.org. *''Riopa albopunctata'' (Gray, 1846) – white-spotted supple skink *''Riopa anguina'' ( Theobald, 1868) *''Riopa goaensis'' (Sharma, 1976) – Goan supple skink *''Riopa guentheri '' ( W. Peters, 1879) – Günther's supple skink, Günther's writhing skink *''Riopa lineata'' Gray, 1839 – lined supple skink *''Riopa lineolata'' (Stoliczka, 1870) – striped writhing skink *''Riopa popae'' ( Shreve, 1940) – Pope's writhing skink *''Riopa punctata'' (Gmelin, 1799) – common dotted garden skink, common snake skink, punctate su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa
''Riopa'' is a genus of skinks. It is easy to tell the species apart from most other skinks by bright red coloring on their sides from which they get their name. They also have a bule that runs down the side of their tail. Diet The riopas are omnivore reptiles, they usually eat insects like crickets or worms, but sometimes, they can eat little pieces of meat (usually little mice) Species The following species are recognized. www.reptile-database.org. *''Riopa albopunctata'' (Gray, 1846) – white-spotted supple skink *''Riopa anguina'' ( Theobald, 1868) *''Riopa goaensis'' (Sharma, 1976) – Goan supple skink *''Riopa guentheri '' ( W. Peters, 1879) – Günther's supple skink, Günther's writhing skink *''Riopa lineata'' Gray, 1839 – lined supple skink *''Riopa lineolata'' (Stoliczka, 1870) – striped writhing skink *''Riopa popae'' ( Shreve, 1940) – Pope's writhing skink *''Riopa punctata'' (Gmelin, 1799) – common dotted garden skink, common snake skink, punctate su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Guentheri
''Riopa guentheri'', commonly known as Günther's supple skink or Günther's writhing skink, is a species of skink, which is endemic to India. Etymology The specific name, ''guentheri'', is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lygosoma guentheri'', pp. 110-111). Geographic range ''R. guentheri'' has been known to occur in localities of erstwhile Bombay Presidency such as Matheran, Sholapur, Kurduwadi, Belgaum, and Uttara Kannada. References Further reading * Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (''Lygosoma guentheri'', pp. 311–312). *Boulenger GA (1890). ''The Fauna of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Vosmaerii
Vosmer's writhing skink (''Riopa vosmaeri'') is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to India. Etymology The specific name, ''vosmaeri'', is in honor of Dutch naturalist Arnout Vosmaer (1720–1799). Geographic range and habitat ''R. vosmaerii'' is found in India. 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. Description ''R. vosmaerii'' resembles '' L. lineata''. However, ''L. vosmaerii'' has five digits on each front foot, where ''R. lineata'' has only four. Smith MA (1935). References Further reading * 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Lineolata
The striped writhing skink (''Riopa lineolata'') is a species of skink found in Myanmar and Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5087407 Riopa Reptiles described in 1870 Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Anguina
''Riopa anguina'' is a species of skink found in Myanmar and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo .... References Riopa Reptiles described in 1868 Taxa named by William Theobald Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Popae
Pope's writhing skink (''Riopa popae'') is a species of skink found in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5091680 Riopa Reptiles described in 1940 Reptiles of Myanmar Endemic fauna of Myanmar Taxa named by Benjamin Shreve Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Punctata
''Riopa punctata'', also known as the common dotted garden skink, common snake skink, punctate supple skink, or spotted supple skink is a species of skink found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. Description Young skinks of this species have a distinctive red tail, but this colour is lost in adults. The red tail is replaced by small spots and these spots coalesce to form continuous lines as the individual ages. The dots are present on the head and extends to the snout. Distance between the end of snout and the fore-limb about 2 to 2/3 of the distance between axilla and groin; the snout is obtuse; lower eyelid has an undivided semitransparent disc; supranasals entire and are in contact with one another behind the rostral ; frontal longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal together; a pair of nuchals, rarely absent ; an enlarged temporal scale borders the outer margin of the parietal ; ear-opening about half as large as the eye-opening, with one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Albopunctata
The white-spotted supple skink (''Riopa albopunctata'') is a species of diurnal, terrestrial, insectivorous skink found in parts of tropical Asia. This species was first described by John Edward Gray based on type specimen collected by T. C. Jerdon from Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ..., in the Coromandel Coast of South India. Description The white-spotted supple skink is found in South Asia. Its body is elongated with weak limbs. The distance between the end of its snout and forelimbs is 2 to 2.5 times the distance between the axilla and groin. The snout is short and obtuse. The lower eyelid is scaly. Supranasals are present and in contact behind the rostral. The frontonasal is much broader than long and in contact with the frontal. The prefrontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Goaensis
''Riopa goaensis'' is a species of skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ... found in India. References * Sharma, R. C. 1976 Records of the reptiles of Goa. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 71 (1975): 149–167. Riopa Reptiles described in 1976 Reptiles of India Endemic fauna of India Taxa named by Ramesh Chandra Sharma Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riopa Lineata
''Riopa lineata'', the lined writhing skink or lined supple skink, is a species of writhing skink. It is known from India (the northern Western Ghats), Bangladesh and Myanmar (= Burma). This skink grows to about 6 cm in length. The body colouration is golden and each scale has a black dot forming longitudinal stripes on the body. It is known to occur from Gujarat to north of Karnataka. In Mumbai this skink has been observed in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey milk colony. It is often found under rocks, loose soil associated with termite mounds and ant hills. It is crepuscular. A captive individual accepted termites, mosquito, house flies, ant eggs for about 45 days and was released. References * Gray, J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293) * Naik Y M; Vinod K R 1994 Record of a rare skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) from Kevadia, Gujarat. J. Bombay N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., ''Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Other gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
, fields = , workplaces = University of GöttingenUniversity of Tübingen , alma_mater = University of Tübingen , doctoral_advisor = Philipp Friedrich GmelinFerdinand Christoph Oetinger , academic_advisors = , doctoral_students = Georg Friedrich HildebrandtFriedrich StromeyerCarl Friedrich KielmeyerWilhelm August LampadiusVasily Severgin , notable_students = , known_for = Textbooks on chemistry, pharmaceutical science, mineralogy, and botany , author_abbrev_bot = J.F.Gmel. , author_abbrev_zoo = Gmelin , influences = Carl Linnaeus , influenced = , relatives = Leopold Gmelin (son) , awards = Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist. Education Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen. He studied medicine under his father at University of Tübingen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
