Leptosiaphos blochmanni

Leptosiaphos blochmanni, also known commonly as the Zaire three-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Leptosiaphos blochmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. blochmanni
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos blochmanni
(Tornier, 1903)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma blochmanni
    Tornier, 1903
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) blochmanni
    — Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis blochmanni
    — Greer, 1974
  • Leptosiaphos blochmanni
    — Broadley, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, blochmanni, is in honor of German zoologist Friedrich Johann Wilhelm Blochmann.[3]

Geographic range

L. blochmanni is found in southwestern Rwanda. It may also occur in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Burundi.[1]

Description

The holotype of L. blochmanni has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.8 cm (1.9 in), and a tail length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in). There are three digits on each of the four feet.[4]

Behavior

L. blochmanni is terrestrial and semifossorial.[1]

Diet

L. blochmanni probably preys upon insects.[1]

Reproduction

L. blochmanni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Wagner P, Safari I, Chenga J (2019). "Leptosiaphos blochmanni (amended version of 2014 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T16394413A151737534. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T16394413A151737534.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2020.
  2. Leptosiaphos blochmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  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. (Leptosiaphos bachmanni, p. 28).
  4. Tornier (1903).

Further reading
  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Panaspis blochmanni, new combination).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Leptosiaphos blochmanni, p. 158).
  • Tornier G (1903). "Drei neue Reptilien aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologische Jährbucher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 19: 173–178. (Lygosoma blochmanni, new species, pp. 173–175). (in German).



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