Leptosiaphos

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Leptosiaphos
Kilimanjaro Five-toed Skink (Leptosiaphos kilimensis)
Leptosiaphos kilimensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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[edit]

The following 18 species are recognized:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leptosiaphos.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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).