The genus Lipinia belongs to the Sphenomorphus group of genera in which Lipinia has a rather basal position (Austin & Arnold 2006).

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Lipinia auriculata (Taylor, 1917) – Taylor's lipinia
• Lipinia cheesmanae (Parker, 1940) – Cheesman's lipinia,^[2] Cheesman's moth skink
• Lipinia inconspicua (Müller, 1894) – hidden ground skink
• Lipinia inexpectata Das & C. Austin, 2007
• Lipinia infralineolata (A. Günther, 1873)
• Lipinia leptosoma (W. Brown & Fehlmann, 1958) – slender lipinia, Pandanus skink
• Lipinia longiceps (Boulenger, 1895) – long lipinia
• Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873) – big-eared lipinia
• Lipinia miangensis (F. Werner, 1910) – Werner's lipinia
• Lipinia microcerca (Boettger, 1901) – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
• Lipinia nitens (W. Peters, 1871)
• Lipinia occidentalis R. Günther, 2000
• Lipinia pulchella Gray, 1845 – yellow-striped slender tree skink, beautiful lipinia
• Lipinia quadrivittata (W. Peters, 1867) – four-striped lipinia, black-striped slender tree skink
• Lipinia rabori (W. Brown & Alcala, 1956) – Rabor's lipinia, black slender tree skink
• Lipinia relicta (Vinciguerra, 1892) – Vinciguerra's lipinia
• Lipinia rouxi (Hediger, 1934) – Roux's lipinia
• Lipinia sekayuensis Grismer et al., 2014 – Sekayu striped skink
• Lipinia semperi (W. Peters, 1867) – Semper's lipinia
• Lipinia septentrionalis R. Günther, 2000
• Lipinia subvittata (A. Günther, 1873) – striped lipinia
• Lipinia surda Boulenger, 1900 – Malaysian striped skink
• Lipinia trivittata Poyarkov, Geissler, Gorin, Dunayev, Hartmann & Suwannapoom, 2019
• Lipinia vassilievi Poyarkov, Geissler, Gorin, Dunayev, Hartmann & Suwannapoom, 2019
• Lipinia venemai Brongersma, 1953 – Brongersma's lipinia
• Lipinia vittigera (Boulenger, 1894) – banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink, common striped skink
• Lipinia vulcania Girard, 1858 – vulcan lipinia
• Lipinia zamboangensis (W. Brown & Alcala, 1963) – Zamboang lipinia, rusty tree skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lipinia.

• Gray, J.E. (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Lipinia, new genus, p. 84).

• Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)