Leptosiaphos hackarsi (DE WITTE, 1941)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Hackars' Five-toed Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma meleagris hackarsi DE WITTE 1941: 140 Panaspis (Leptosiaphos) hackarsi — BRYGOO 1985: 48 Leptosiaphos hackarsi — BROADLEY 1998 Leptosiaphos hackarsi — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 151 Leptosiaphos hackarsi — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 160
Distribution	Uganda, E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Type locality: Kamatembe, Belgian Congo.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Syntypes: IRSNB type 2.030-031; paratypes: MNHN, ZFMK 50013-014 (ex-IRSNB 2.030), NMZB/UM, MNHMN, RMNH, MCZ, FMNH, BM, HUJ, CM
Diagnosis
Comment	Not listed in SCHMIDT 1919.
Etymology	Named after Henri-Martin Hackars (1881-1940), District Commissioner in the colonial administration, Belgian Congo (Zaire). He was involved in the administration of Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo BeIge.
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 Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp. Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126 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 Witte, G. F. de 1941. Batraciens et Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fascicule 33. Brussels 1941, 261 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/frogs/frogsimp/replist.htm Google images

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