Leptosiaphos luberoensis (DE WITTE, 1933)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Witte's Five-toed Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma (Siaphos) luberoensis DE WITTE 1933: 117 Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) luberoensis — SCHMIDT 1943 Panaspis luberoensis — GREER 1974: 29 Leptosiaphos luberoensis — BROADLEY 1998
Distribution	E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Type locality: Lubero (west of Mount Ruwenzori), Belgian Congo
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) (as R. G. Musée du Congo) 8965.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	named after its type locality.
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. 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. 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 Schmidt, K. P. 1943. Amphibians and reptiles from the Sudan. Field Mus. nat. Hist (ser. zool.) 24: 331- 338. - get paper here Witte, G. F. de 1933. Batraciens et reptiles recueillis par M.L. Burgeon au Ruwenzori, au Kivu et au Tanganika. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 24: 111- 123.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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