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White-spotted Supple Skink
Riopa albopunctata Gray, 1846
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
White-spotted Supple Skink foraging amidst undergrowth
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Open encyclopedia reference
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, in the Coromandel Coast of South India.
Wikipedia contributors, White-spotted supple skink; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:41:49.593528+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Riopa albopunctata Gray, 1846
- Name authority
- Gray, 1846
- Common name
- White-spotted Supple Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Riopa
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyLygosominae
- genusRiopa
- speciesRiopa albopunctata Gray, 1846
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Riopa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Riopa anguina Theobald, 1868 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's Writhing SkinkRiopa guentheri (Peters, 1879) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lined Supple SkinkRiopa lineata (Gray, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Writhing SkinkRiopa lineolata Stoliczka, 1870 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dotted Garden SkinkRiopa punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vosmer's Writhing SkinkRiopa vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deccan Gracile SkinkRiopa deccanensis Bhupathi, Ray, Karuthapandi, Jaiswal, Deepak & Mohapatra, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Riopa&species=albopunctata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8JF37. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.