Leptosiaphos

Leptosiaphos
Leptosiaphos kilimensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 J.-F. 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". Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 24 (29): 331-338. (Leptosiaphos, new genus, p. 332).