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Leptosiaphos fuhni

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Species of lizard

Leptosiaphos fuhni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species: L. fuhni
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos fuhni
(Perret, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Panaspis fuhni
    Perret, 1973
  • Leptosiaphos fuhni
    Chirio & LeBreton, 2007

Fuhn's five-toed skink (Leptosiaphos fuhni) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.

Etymology

The specific name, fuhni, is in honor of Romanian herpetologist Ion Eduard Fuhn.

Geographic range

L. fuhni is only known from the type locality, Abong-Mbang, which is in southeastern Cameroon.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. fuhni is forest, at altitudes of around 650 m (2,130 ft).

Reproduction

L. fuhni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ LeBreton M, Gonwouo NL (2021). "Leptosiaphos fuhni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394449A16394466.en. Accessed on 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ Leptosiaphos fuhni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. 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 fuhni, p. 95).

Further reading

  • Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (Leptosiaphos fuhni, new combination). (in French).
  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Panaspis fuhni, p. 29).
  • Perret J-L (1973). "Contribution à l'étude des Panaspis (Reptilia, Scincidae) d'Afrique occidentale avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles ". Revue suisse de Zoologie 80 (2): 595–630 + Plates I–VI. (Panaspis fuhni, new species, pp. 621–624, Figure 6 + Plate II). (in French, with abstracts in English and German).


Taxon identifiers
Leptosiaphos fuhni
Panaspis fuhni


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