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(Redirected from Angel's five-toed skink) Species of lizard

Lacertaspis lepesmei
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lacertaspis
Species: L. lepesmei
Binomial name
Lacertaspis lepesmei
(Angel, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) lepesmei
    Angel, 1940
  • Panaspis lepesmei
    (Angel, 1940)

Lacertaspis lepesmei, also known commonly as Angel's five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Bambouto massif, Cameroon.

Etymology

L. lepesmei is named after French entomologist Pierre Lepesme.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. lepesmei is rocky areas of savanna, at altitudes around 2,200 m (7,200 ft).

Reproduction

L. lepesmei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ LeBreton, M.; Gonwouo, N.L.; Chirio, L. (2021). "Lacertaspis lepesmei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124312570A124312595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T124312570A124312595.en. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ^ Lacertaspis lepesmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 March 2023.
  3. 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. (Lacertaspis lepesmei, p. 155).

Further reading

  • Angel F (1940). "Deux nouvelles espèces de Lygosoma du Caméroun, Matériaux de la mission P. Lepesme, R. Paulian, et A. Villiers (1re note) ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Seconde Série 12: 82–85. (Lygosoma lepesmei, new species, pp. 82–84). (in French).
  • Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: MNHN (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle), IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement). 688 pp. (in French).
  • Perret J-L (1973). "Contribution à l'étude des Panaspis (Reptilia: Scincidae) d'Afrique occidentale avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles ". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 80 (2): 595–630. (Panaspis lepesmei, new combination, p. 620). (in French).
  • Schmitz A, Ineich I, Chirio L (2005). "Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera". Zootaxa 863: 1–28. (Lacertaspis lepesmei, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Lacertaspis lepesmei


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