Leptosiaphos
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Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.
SpeciesEdit
The following 18 species are recognized:<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae Template:Small – Uganda five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos amieti Template:Small – Cameroon five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos blochmanni Template:Small – Zaire three-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos dewittei Template:Small – De Witte's leaf-litter skink, De Witte's five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos dungeri Template:Small
- Leptosiaphos fuhni Template:Small – Fuhn's five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos graueri Template:Small – Rwanda five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos hackarsi Template:Small – Hackars's five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos hylophilus Template:Small – Laurenti's five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha Template:Small – yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink
- Leptosiaphos kilimensis Template:Small – Kilimanjaro five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos koutoui Template:Small
- Leptosiaphos luberoensis Template:Small – Witte's five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos meleagris Template:Small – Ruwenzori four-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos pauliani Template:Small
- Leptosiaphos rhodurus Template:Small – 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.
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Schmidt KP (1943). "Amphibians and Reptiles from the Sudan". Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 24 (29): 331-338. (Leptosiaphos, new genus, p. 332).