@article{Bucklitsch_Geissler_Hartmann_Doria_Koch_2012, title={Rediscovery and re-description of the holotype of <em>Lygosoma vittigerum</em> (= <em>Lipinia vittigera</em>) Boulenger, 1894}, volume={7}, url={https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1667}, DOI={10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-11037}, abstractNote={We report about the rediscovery of the holotype of the Southeast Asian striped skink &lt;em&gt;Lipinia vittigera&lt;/em&gt; and provide a detailed redescription together with photographs and drawings. The species was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1894 as &lt;em&gt;Lygosoma vittigerum&lt;/em&gt; based on a specimen collected by Elio Modigliani on the island of Sereinu (= Sipura), west of Sumatra. The original type specimen was considered to be lost for more than a century and was recently rediscovered in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria” (MSNG) in Genova, Italy.}, number={2}, journal={Acta Herpetologica}, author={Bucklitsch, Yannick and Geissler, Peter and Hartmann, Timo and Doria, Giuliano and Koch, André}, year={2012}, month={Dec.}, pages={325–329} }