''Lipinia vassilievi'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
.
References
Lipinia
Reptiles of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Reptiles described in 2019
Taxa named by Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr.
Taxa named by Peter Geissler
Taxa named by Vladislav A. Gorin
Taxa named by Evgeniy A. Dunayev
Taxa named by Timo Hartmann
Taxa named by Chatmongkon Suwannapoom
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