Leptosiaphos
| Leptosiaphos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Leptosiaphos K.P. Schmidt, 1943[1] |
Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.
Species
The following 17 to 20 species are recognized:[2]
- Leptosiaphos africana = Afroablepharus africanus (Gray, 1845)
- Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae (Peracca, 1907)
- Leptosiaphos amieti (Perret, 1973)
- Leptosiaphos blochmanni (Tornier, 1903)
- Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934)
- Leptosiaphos fuhni (Perret, 1973)
- Leptosiaphos gemmiventris = Lacertaspis gemmiventris (Sjöstedt, 1897)
- Leptosiaphos graueri (Sternfeld, 1912)
- Leptosiaphos hackarsi (de Witte, 1941)
- Leptosiaphos hylophilus Laurent, 1982
- Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Böhme, 1975)
- Leptosiaphos kilimensis (Stejneger, 1891)
- Leptosiaphos koutoui Ineich et al., 2004
- Leptosiaphos lepesmei = Lacertaspis lepesmei (Angel, 1940)
- Leptosiaphos luberoensis (de Witte, 1933)
- Leptosiaphos meleagris (Boulenger, 1907)
- Leptosiaphos pauliani (Angel, 1940)
- Leptosiaphos rhodurus Laurent, 1952
- Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Broadley, 1989
- Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leptosiaphos.
References
- ↑ "Leptosiaphos ". DahmsTierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
- ↑ "Leptosiaphos ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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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