Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha ( Böhme, 1975 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13270281 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649-EF07-9504-FF3D-FB65C366FADB |
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Felipe |
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Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha ( Böhme, 1975 ) |
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Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha ( Böhme, 1975) View in CoL (25 specimens)
Material: MNHN-RA 2002.0798, 2002.0800, 2002.0928- 0930, 2002.0934 (six specimens, Mbockghas , 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) GoogleMaps – MNHN-RA 2002.0942, 2005.2617-2620 (five specimens, Mbockghas , 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) GoogleMaps – MNHN-RA 2005.2607 ( Bamboutos , Fulbe house, 5.637°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) GoogleMaps – MNHN-RA 2005.2613-2616 (four specimens, Bamboutos , Mt. Mekua , 5.688°N and 10.095°E, elev. 2,700 m, coll. CamHerp, March 30, 2000, May 5, 2000 [.2615], and May 8, 2000 [.2616]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2621- 2627, 2005.2629 (eight specimens, Mt. Oku , Simonkuh , 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002, December 14, 2002 [.2625], and January 16, 2003 [.2622,.2626]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2628 (Bamboutos, slopes of Mt. Mekua, 5.698°N and 10.101°E, elev. 2,300 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) GoogleMaps .
This small skink is endemic to montane grasslands of the Western Highlands of Cameroon ( Schmitz et al. 2005) ( Fig. 16 View Fig ). It is found at Mt. Lefo (Forest Reserve of Bafut-Ngemba) and in the Bamboutos Mountains. Its occurrence at Mt. Oku had been suspected by Wild in 1994. It is a semi-burrowing species living in open montane grasslands, and is oviparous. The species occurs up to 2,700 m altitude at Mt. Mekua in the Bamboutos where its populations are highly localized but occur in high densities.
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