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Leptosiaphos amieti

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3230092 ↗
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Leptosiaphos amieti, also known commonly as the Cameroon five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.

Etymology

The specific name, amieti, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. amieti is forest, at altitudes of 300–800 m (980–2,620 ft).

Description

L. amieti is reddish brown dorsally, and whitish ventrally. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in). The tail length is 1.5 times SVL.

Reproduction

L. amieti is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leptosiaphos amieti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.