Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis BROADLEY, 1989

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Udzungwa five-toed skink
Synonym	Leptosiaphos (Perretia) rhomboidalis BROADLEY 1989: 442 Leptosiaphos (Perretia) rhomboidalis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16 Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 153 Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 162
Distribution	Tanzania (Kilombero district, Uzungwa Mountains) Type locality: Mwanihana Forest, Uzungwa Mountains, Kilombero District, Tanzania.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: ZMUC R 47836, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (subgenus Perretia): “Prefrontals moderate, separated; frontoparietals fused with interparietal; supralabials 6, the fourth, nearly twice as long as deep, below the eye; ear opening small, tympanum hidden; pineal eye absent; build robust, mabuiform; limbs small, pentadactyle, fingers and toes just touching when adpressed; paravertebral scale rows transversely enlarged; paravertebrals and ventrals less than 50 in a longitudinal series.” (Broadley 1989) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3545 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Type species: Leptosiaphos (Perretia) rhomboidalis BROADLEY 1989 is the type species of the subgenus Perretia BROADLEY 1989. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Greek rhombos (ῥόμβος), rhombus, a shape with four equal sides and opposite angles + Latin -alis, in allusion to the frontoparietals and interparietal fused into a single shield with a rhomboid shape.
References	Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here Broadley, D G 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Panaspis Cope, with the description of a new species of Leptosiaphos (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tanzania. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (32) 1989: 439-449 Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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