Leptosiaphos kilimensis (STEJNEGER, 1891)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | Kilimanjaro Five-toed Skink |
Synonym | Lygosoma kilimensis STEJNEGER 1891: 405 Lygosoma kutensis LÖNNBERG 1911: 17 (fide BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991) Lygosoma kilimensis — TORNIER 1900 Lygosoma thomasi TORNIER 1903: 175 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957) Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) thomasi — SCHMIDT 1943 Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) kilimensis — SCHMIDT 1943 Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) kutuensis — SCHMIDT 1943 Leptosiaphos thomasi — MITTLEMAN 1952 Panaspis kilimensis — GREER 1974 Panaspis thomasi — WELCH 1982: 91 Leptosiaphos (Leptosiaphos) kilimensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16 Leptosiaphos kilimensis — JESUS et al. 2007 Leptosiaphos kilimensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 160 |
Distribution | Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan Type locality: Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania [?; cited after BROADLEY & HOWELL] Type locality: near Kutu village, between Embu and Fort Hall, Kenya [kutensis] Type locality: Nairobi, Kenya Colony [thomasi] |
Reproduction | oviparous. |
Types | Type: BMNH 1946.9.8.54 (and possibly additional specimens). |
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Comment | Synonymy: partly after Bauer et al. 2003. BROADLEY & POYNTON 1998 (in SCHMIDT’s 1919-1923 SSAR reprint) stated that TORNIER’s specimens [from Rwanda] need to be re-examined as they probably represent one of the Afromontane species of Leptosiaphos. Distribution: Not listed by BROADLEY & POYNTON for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Habitat: mid- to high-altitude forest |
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