Leptosiaphos dewittei

Leptosiaphos dewittei, also known commonly as De Witte's five-toed skink, De Witte’s leaf-litter skink, and Witte’s five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to Central Africa.

Leptosiaphos dewittei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. dewittei
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos dewittei
(Loveridge, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda
    de Witte, 1933
  • Siaphos dewittei
    Loveridge, 1934
    (nomen novum)
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) compressicauda
    — Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis compressicauda
    — Greer, 1974
  • Leptosiaphos dewittei
    — Broadley, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, dewittei, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Gaston-François de Witte.[2]

Geographic range

L. dewittei is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Reproduction

L. dewittei is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Leptosiaphos dewittei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptosiaphos dewittei, pp. 71, 288).

Further reading
  • Loveridge A (1934). "A New Name for Lygosoma (Siaphos) compressicauda of the Congo, Preoccupied". Copeia 1934 (4): 184. (Siaphos dewittei, new name).



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