Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.
Species
The following 18 species are recognized:
- 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 <small>Broadley, 1989</small> – Udzungwa five-toed skink
- Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum <small>(Sjöstedt, 1897)</small> – 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).
