| Leptosiaphos dewittei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Leptosiaphos |
| Species: | L. dewittei |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
The specific name, dewittei, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Gaston-François de Witte.
Geographic range
L. dewittei is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Reproduction
L. dewittei is oviparous.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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
- Loveridge A (1934). "A New Name for Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda of the Congo, Preoccupied". Copeia 1934 (4): 184. (Siaphos dewittei, new name).
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| Leptosiaphos dewittei | |
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