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Leptosiaphos

Leptosiaphos
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
K.P. Schmidt, 1943[1]

Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.

Species

The following 18 species are recognized:[2]

  • Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae (Peracca, 1907) - Uganda five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos amieti (Perret, 1973) - Cameroon five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos blochmanni (Tornier, 1903) - Zaire three-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934) - De Witte’s leaf-litter skink, De Witte’s five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos dungeri Trape, 2012
  • Leptosiaphos fuhni (Perret, 1973) - Fuhn's five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) - Rwanda five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos hackarsi (de Witte, 1941) - Hackars's five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos hylophilus Laurent, 1982 - Laurenti's five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Böhme, 1975) - yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink
  • Leptosiaphos kilimensis (Stejneger, 1891) - Kilimanjaro five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos koutoui Ineich, Schmitz, Chirio & Lebreton, 2004
  • Leptosiaphos luberoensis (de Witte, 1933) - Witte's five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos meleagris (Boulenger, 1907) - Ruwenzori four-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos pauliani (Angel, 1940)
  • Leptosiaphos rhodurus Laurent, 1952 - red five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Broadley, 1989 - Udzungwa five-toed skink
  • Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897) - African five-toed skink

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

References

Further reading

  • Schmidt KP (1943). "Amphibians and Reptiles from the Sudan". Zool. Series Field Mus. Nat Hist. 24 (29): 331-338. (Leptosiaphos, new genus, p. 332).


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