''Leptosiaphos'' is a

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skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

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Species

The following 18

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are recognized:. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Leptosiaphos aloysiisabaudiae'' – Uganda five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos amieti'' – Cameroon five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos blochmanni'' – Zaire three-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos dewittei'' – De Witte's leaf-litter skink, De Witte's five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos dungeri'' *'' Leptosiaphos fuhni'' – Fuhn's five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos graueri'' – Rwanda five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos hackarsi'' – Hackars's five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos hylophilus'' – Laurenti's five-toed skink *''

Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha ''Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha'', the yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Cameroon. References

Leptosiaphos Reptiles described in 1975 Reptiles of Cameroon Endemic faun ...

'' – yellow and violet-bellied mountain skink *'' Leptosiaphos kilimensis'' – Kilimanjaro five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos koutoui'' *'' Leptosiaphos luberoensis'' – Witte's five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos meleagris'' – Ruwenzori four-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos pauliani'' *'' Leptosiaphos rhodurus'' – red five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis''

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, 1989 – Udzungwa five-toed skink *'' Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum'' ( Sjöstedt, 1897) – African five-toed skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Leptosiaphos''.

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