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Leptosiaphos amieti (PERRET, 1973)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cameroon Five-toed Skink 
SynonymPanaspis amieti PERRET 1973
Panaspis amieti — GREER 1974: 29
Panaspis amieti — LEBRETON 1999
Leptosiaphos amieti — SCHMITZ et al. 2005
Leptosiaphos amieti — JESUS et al. 2007 
DistributionCameroon

Type locality: Mont Kala, 3’ 52” N; 11’ 31” E, à 800 m [elevation], Yaoundé, Cameroun.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MHNG 1240.47 (M), Cameroun: mont Kala (Yaoundé), 800 m; J.-L. Perret 1969. Paratypes MHNG 1240.48 (subad. F), mêmes données que l'holotype. MHNG 1253.95 (juv. M), Boga, Eséka, 300 m; J.-L. Amiet 6 I 1968. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Professor Jean-Louis Amiet, Swiss zoologist, herpetologist, entomologist, ecologist, and ichthyologist, formerly at Universite de Yaounde, Cameroon. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • Jesus, José; D. James Harris and António Brehm 2007. Relationships of Afroablepharus Greer, 1974 skinks from the Gulf of Guinea islands based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA: Patterns of colonization and comments on taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (3): 904-914 - get paper here
  • LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp.
  • Perret J L 1973. Contribution à l'étude des Panaspis (Reptilia, Scincidae) d'Afrique occidentale avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 80 (2): 595-630 - get paper here
 
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