Leptosiaphos Explained

Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.

Species

The following 18 species are recognized:^[1]

• Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae – Uganda five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos amieti – Cameroon five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos blochmanni – Zaire three-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos dewittei – De Witte's leaf-litter skink, De Witte's five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos dungeri
• Leptosiaphos fuhni – Fuhn's five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos graueri – Rwanda five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos hackarsi – Hackars's five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos hylophilus – Laurenti's five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha – yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink
• Leptosiaphos kilimensis – Kilimanjaro five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos koutoui
• Leptosiaphos luberoensis – Witte's five-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos meleagris – Ruwenzori four-toed skink
• Leptosiaphos pauliani
• Leptosiaphos rhodurus – 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.

Further reading

• 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).

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.