Leptoseps poilani

Leptoseps poilani
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Leptoseps
Species:	L. poilani
Binomial name
Leptoseps poilani (Bourret, 1937)
Synonyms [1]
Siaphos poilaniBourret, 1937

Leptoseps poilani is a species of skink found in Vietnam. ^[2]

Taxonomy

It was first formally named by René Léon Bourret in 1937 as Siaphos poilani. ^[1] The specific name poilani is in honor of French botanist Eugène Poilane (1887–1964). ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Leptoseps poilani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104763838A104853670. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104763838A104853670.en . Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. Leptoseps poilani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 196, 209. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
4. Greer, Allen E. (1997). "Leptoseps: A New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Southeast Asia". Journal of Herpetology. 31 (3): 393–398. doi:10.2307/1565668. JSTOR   1565668.