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Leptosiaphos dewittei (LOVERIDGE, 1934)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: De Witte’s Leaf-litter Skink, De Witte's Five-toed Skink 
SynonymLygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda DE WITTE 1933: 175
Siaphos dewittei LOVERIDGE 1934: 184 (nom. nov.)
Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) compressicauda — SCHMIDT 1943
Panaspis compressicauda — GREER 1974: 29
Leptosiaphos dewittei — BROADLEY 1998
Leptosiaphos dewittei — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionS Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Angola  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 8614 (collector F.G. Overlaet). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda is preoccupied by Lygosoma (Hinulia) compressicauda WERNER 1897. Siaphos dewittei is listed as a synonym of Lygosoma kilimensis by LOVERIDGE 1957: 216 and de Witte 1953 (see also Copeia 1934: 184). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Gaston-François de Witte (1897-1980) who worked in the Belgian Congo (1933-1935 and 1946-1949), originally as a colonial administrator but also as a naturalist and collector for the Institut des Parcs Nationales Congo-Belge, Tervuren.  
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
  • 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. 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.
  • Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Loveridge, A. 1934. A new Name for Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda of the Congo, preoccupied. Copeia 1934 (4): 184-184 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • 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. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr., Bruxelles, 23 (2): 175
  • Witte, G. F. de 1953. Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949). Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge. Brussels, vol. 6, 322 pp. - get paper here
 
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