Leptosiaphos

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Sauria Family Scincidae Rank Genus

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Leptosiaphos is a genus of skinks endemic to West Africa.

Species

The following 17 to 20 species are recognized:

Leptosiaphos africana = Afroablepharus africanus (Gray, 1845)

Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae (Peracca, 1907)

Leptosiaphos amieti (Perret, 1973)

Leptosiaphos blochmanni (Tornier, 1903)

Leptosiaphos dewittei (Loveridge, 1934)

Leptosiaphos fuhni (Perret, 1973)

Leptosiaphos gemmiventris = Lacertaspis gemmiventris (Sjöstedt, 1897)

Leptosiaphos graueri (Sternfeld, 1912)

Leptosiaphos hackarsi (de Witte, 1941)

Leptosiaphos hylophilus Laurent, 1982

Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Böhme, 1975)

Leptosiaphos kilimensis (Stejneger, 1891)

Leptosiaphos koutoui Ineich et al., 2004

Leptosiaphos lepesmei = Lacertaspis lepesmei (Angel, 1940)

Leptosiaphos luberoensis (de Witte, 1933)

Leptosiaphos meleagris (Boulenger, 1907)

Leptosiaphos pauliani (Angel, 1940)

Leptosiaphos rhodurus Laurent, 1952

Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Broadley, 1989

Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leptosiaphos.

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