Leptosiaphos dewittei
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Leptosiaphos |
Species: | L. dewittei
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Binomial name | |
Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Leptosiaphos dewittei, also known commonly as De Witte's five-toed skink, De Witte's leaf-litter skink, and Witte's five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to Central Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, dewittei, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Gaston-François de Witte.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]L. dewittei is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cox, N.A. (2021). "Leptosiaphos dewittei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394428A16394436.en. Accessed on 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Leptosiaphos dewittei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptosiaphos dewittei, pp. 71, 288).
Further reading
[edit]- Loveridge A (1934). "A New Name for Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda of the Congo, Preoccupied". Copeia 1934 (4): 184. (Siaphos dewittei, new name).