Leptosiaphos koutoui

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Leptosiaphos koutoui
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. koutoui
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos koutoui
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Leptosiaphos koutoui is only known from the Adamaoua Massif in Cameroon.

Leptosiaphos koutoui is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon and is only known from the Adamaoua Massif near Meiganga. [1] [3]

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Etymology

The specific name, koutoui, is in honor of Denis Koulagna Koutou (born 1958), former Director of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Cameroon. [2] [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. koutoui is forest, at altitudes around 1,050 m (3,440 ft). [1]

Reproduction

L. koutoui is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 LeBreton, M.; Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Leptosiaphos koutoui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T16394654A16394656. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394654A16394656.en . Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ineich, Ivan; Schmitz, Andreas; Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2004). "New species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from Adamaoua Massif, Central-Northern Province, Cameroon". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (4): 546–550. doi:10.1670/184-03A. S2CID   55672951. (Leptosiaphos koutoui, new species).
  3. 1 2 Leptosiaphos koutoui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 18 January 2019.
  4. 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 koutoui, p. 146).

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