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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species: L. aloysiisabaudiae – L. amieti – L. blochmanni – L. dewittei – L. dungeri – L. fuhni – L. graueri – L. hackarsi – L. hylophilus – L. ianthinoxantha – L. kilimensis – L. koutoui – L. luberoensis – L. meleagris – L. pauliani – L. rhodurus – L. rhomboidalis – L. vigintiserierum
Name

Leptosiaphos Schmidt, 1943
Vernacular names


Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.
Species

The following 18 species are recognized:[2]

Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae (Peracca, 1907) - Uganda five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos amieti (Perret, 1973) - Cameroon five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos blochmanni (Tornier, 1903) - Zaire three-toed skink
Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934) - De Witte's leaf-litter skink, De Witte's five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos dungeri Trape, 2012
Leptosiaphos fuhni (Perret, 1973) - Fuhn's five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) - Rwanda five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos hackarsi (de Witte, 1941) - Hackars's five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos hylophilus Laurent, 1982 - Laurenti's five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Böhme, 1975) - yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink
Leptosiaphos kilimensis (Stejneger, 1891) - Kilimanjaro five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos koutoui Ineich, Schmitz, Chirio & Lebreton, 2004
Leptosiaphos luberoensis (de Witte, 1933) - Witte's five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos meleagris (Boulenger, 1907) - Ruwenzori four-toed skink
Leptosiaphos pauliani (Angel, 1940)
Leptosiaphos rhodurus Laurent, 1952 - red five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Broadley, 1989 - Udzungwa five-toed skink
Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897) - African five-toed skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leptosiaphos.
References

"Leptosiaphos ". DahmsTierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.

Genus Leptosiaphos at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Schmidt KP (1943). "Amphibians and Reptiles from the Sudan". Zool. Series Field Mus. Nat Hist. 24 (29): 331-338. (Leptosiaphos, new genus, p. 332).

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