Leptosiaphos fuhni

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Leptosiaphos fuhni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. fuhni
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos fuhni
(Perret, 1973)
Synonyms [2]
  • 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. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, fuhni, is in honor of Romanian herpetologist Ion Eduard Fuhn. [3]

Geographic range

L. fuhni is only known from the type locality, Abong-Mbang, which is in southeastern Cameroon. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. fuhni is forest, at altitudes of around 650 m (2,130 ft). [1]

Reproduction

L. fuhni is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 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).

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