Leptosiaphos koutoui
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Leptosiaphos koutoui | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Leptosiaphos |
Species: | L. koutoui
|
Binomial name | |
Leptosiaphos koutoui | |
Leptosiaphos koutoui is only known from the Adamaoua Massif in Cameroon |
Leptosiaphos koutoui is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon and is only known from the Adamaoua Massif near Meiganga.[1][3]
Etymology
The specific name, koutoui, is in honor of Denis Koulagna Koutou, former Director of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Cameroon.[2][4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b LeBreton, M.; Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Leptosiaphos koutoui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T16394654A16394656. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394654A16394656.en. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ineich, Ivan; Schmitz, Andreas; Chirio, Laurent & LeBreton, Matthew (2004). "New species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from Adamaoua Massif, Central-Northern Province, Cameroon". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (4): 546–550. doi:10.1670/184-03A. S2CID 55672951. (Leptosiaphos koutoui, new species).
- ^ a b Leptosiaphos koutoui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptosiaphos koutoui, p. 146).
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Leptosiaphos
- Skinks of Africa
- Reptiles of Cameroon
- Endemic fauna of Cameroon
- Reptiles described in 2004
- Taxa named by Ivan Ineich
- Taxa named by Andreas Schmitz
- Taxa named by Laurent Chirio
- Taxa named by Matthew Lebreton
- All stub articles
- Skink stubs