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Leptoseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordate
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Sauria
Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
Family:
Scincidae
Subfamily:
Sphenomorphinae[1]
Genus:
Leptoseps

Greer, 1997

Leptoseps is a genus of rare skinks endemic to Southeast Asia.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Leptoseps are found in Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Species

Two species are recognized:[1]

Etymology

The specific names, osellai and poilani, are in honor of Italian entomologist Giuseppe Osella and French botanist Eugène Poilane (1887–1964), respectively.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Leptoseps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 December 2013.
  2. ^ 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. (Leptoseps osellai, p. 196; L. poilani, p. 209).

Further reading

  • Greer AE (1997). "Leptoseps: A New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Southeast Asia". Journal of Herpetology 31 (3): 393-398.


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