''Riopa'' is a genus 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 ...
s. 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.
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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. ...
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(Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1846) – white-spotted supple skink
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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 Penin ...
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( Theobald, 1868)
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Riopa goaensis
''Riopa goaensis'' is a species of skink found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous d ...
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(Sharma, 1976) – Goan supple skink
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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 ...
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( W. Peters, 1879) – Günther's supple skink, Günther's writhing skink
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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 c ...
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Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1839 – lined supple skink
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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 count ...
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(Stoliczka
''Stoliczka'' is a genus of Pakistani nursery web spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1885. it contains only two species, found only in Pakistan: '' S. affinis'' and '' S. insignis''.
See also
* List of Pisauridae ...
, 1870) – striped writhing skink
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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 ...
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( Shreve, 1940) – Pope's writhing skink
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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 sk ...
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(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
* Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin
People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1799) – common dotted garden skink, common snake skink, punctate supple skink
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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).
G ...
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(Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1839) – Vosmer's writhing skink
References
Riopa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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