Leptosiaphos hackarsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. hackarsi
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos hackarsi
(de Witte, 1941)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma meleagris hackarsi
    de Witte, 1941
  • Panaspis (Leptosiaphos) hackarsi
    — Brygoo, 1985
  • Leptosiaphos hackarsi
    — Broadley, 1998

Leptosiaphos hackarsi, also known commonly as Hackars' five toed skink or Hackars's five-toed skink, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, hackarsi, is in honor of Belgian administrator Henri-Martin Hackars (1881–1940).[3]

Geographic range

L. hackarsi is found in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,[1][2] northern Rwanda,[1] and southwestern Uganda.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. hackarsi is savanna.[1]

Behavior

L. hackarsi is diurnal, terrestrial, and semi-fossorial.[1]

Diet

L. hackarsi preys upon small arthropods.[1]

Reproduction

L. hackarsi is oviparous.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wagner P (2021). "Leptosiaphos hackarsi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394528A16394543.en. Accessed on 06 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leptosiaphos hackarsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. ↑ 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 hackarsi, p. 113).

Further reading

  • de Witte G–F (1941). Exporation du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933–1935). Fascicule 33: Batraciens et Reptiles. Brussels. 261 pp. (Lygosoma meleagris hackarsi, new subspecies, pp. 138–141, Figures 39–40 + Plate II, figures 4–6).
  • 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 hackarsi, p. 160).



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