Fuhn's Five-toed Skink articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Cameroon

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Fuhn's five-toed skink (Leptosiaphos fuhni) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.^[2]

The specific name, fuhni, is in honor of Romanian herpetologist Ion Eduard Fuhn.^[3]

L. fuhni is only known from the type locality, Abong-Mbang, which is in southeastern Cameroon.^[1]^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of L. fuhni is forest, at altitudes of around 650 m (2,130 ft).^[1]

L. fuhni is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c LeBreton M, Gonwouo NL (2021). "Leptosiaphos fuhni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394449A16394466.en. Accessed on 14 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leptosiaphos fuhni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptosiaphos fuhni, p. 95).

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Fuhn's five-toed skink (Leptosiaphos fuhni) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.