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| status = DD <br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn|author=[[Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]]|title=''Lygosoma vosmaeri ''|volume=2013|article-number=e.T194122A2301386|date=2013|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194122A2301386.en|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Riopa vosmaeri<br />
| authority = ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1839)<br />
| synonyms = *''Hagria vosmaerii'' <br />{{small|Gray, 1839}}<br />
*''Campsodactylus lamarrei'' <br />{{small|[[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1839}}<br />
*''Lygosoma vosmaeri'' <br />{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1887}}<br />
*''Riopa vosmaeri'' <br />{{small|— [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1935}}<br />
*''Lygosoma vosmaeri'' <br />{{small|— [[Édouard-Raoul Brygoo|Brygoo]], 1985}}<br />
| synonyms_ref =<ref>[[John Edward Gray|Gray JE]] (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist''., [''First Series'' ] '''2''': 287-293, 331-337. (''Hagria vosmaerii'', new species, p. 333).</ref><ref name=RDB/><br />
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'''Vosmer's writhing skink''' ('''''Riopa vosmaeri''''') is a [[species]] of [[skink]], a lizard in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''vosmaeri'', is in honor of Dutch naturalist [[:de:Arnout Vosmaer|Arnout Vosmaer]] (1720–1799).<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Lygosoma vosmaeri'', p. 276).</ref><br />
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==Geographic range and habitat==<br />
''R. vosmaerii'' is found in [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Lygosoma|species=vosmaeri|accessdate=25 January 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name=IUCN/><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=[[Midathala Seetharamaraju|Seetharamaraju M]], [[Rachakonda Sreekar|Sreekar R]], Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Kaur H, Venkateshwarlu P |year=2009 |title=Rediscovery of Vosmer's Writhing Skink ''Lygosoma vosmaerii'' (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy |journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa |volume=1 |issue=12 |pages=624–626 |url=https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/457|doi=10.11609/JoTT.o2160.624-6|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
''R. vosmaerii'' resembles ''[[Lygosoma lineata|L. lineata]]''. However, ''L. vosmaerii'' has five digits on each front foot, where ''R. lineata'' has only four.<ref>[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935).</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[George Albert Boulenger|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 and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (''Lygosoma vosmaeri'', p.&nbsp;315 + Plate XXV, figures 2, 2a, 2b).<br />
*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Riopa vosmaeri'', p.&nbsp;322).<br />
*Vyas, Raju (2002). "Notes on the distribution of ''Lygosoma lineata'' (Gray, 1839) and comments on the systematic status of ''L. vosmaerii'' (Gray, 1839)". ''Hamadryad'' '''26''' (2):360-361. [2001].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*Banglapedia, National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lizard).<br />
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