Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae

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Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. aloysiisabaudiae
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae
(Peracca, 1907)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Lygosoma (Siaphos) aloysii-sabaudiae
    Peracca, 1907
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) weberi
    Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis aloysii-sabaudiae
    Greer, 1974
  • Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae
    Frank & Ramus, 1995

The Uganda five-toed skink (Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, aloysiisabaudiae, is in honor of Italian explorer Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. [3]

Geographic range

L. aloysiisabaudiae is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda. [1] [2] It might occur in the Central African Republic. [1]

Habitat

The habitats of L. aloysiisabaudiae are riverine woodlands, swampland, moist savannas, and pine plantations. [1]

Description

L. aloysiisabaudiae is a small lizard with a long tail. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.5 cm (1.8 in), and a total length (including tail) of 12.5 cm (4.9 in). It is brown dorsally, and it is whitish ventrally. The upper labials are also whitish. [4]

Reproduction

L. aloysiisabaudiae is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Spawls S (2021). "Leptosiaphos aloysiiabaudiae ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T178693A42472689. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178693A42472689.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae 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 aloysiisabaudiae, p. 6).
  4. Perraca (1907).

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