Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 47

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293422

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scientific name

Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897 )
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Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897) View in CoL

Lygosoma vigintiserierum Sjöstedt, 1897: 56 View in CoL . Type locality: “Kamerungebirge, Mapanja, etwa 3000 Fuss”. Mount Cameroun, Mapanja, 1000 m a.s.l.

Riopa vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897) : Mertens 1964: 224.

Panaspis vingintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897) View in CoL : Fuhn 1972: 265.

Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897) View in CoL : Schmitz et al. 2005: 18.

Distribution. It occurs in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea it has been only recorded in Bioko ( Smith 1937) at Moka ( Mertens 1964a) and between Moka and Malabo ( Schmitz et al. 2005) ( Map 11C View MAPS 11 ).

Comments. This taxon represents a species complex ( Schmitz et al. 2005). The identities of the populations of Leptosiaphos from Bioko are currently unknown. Smith (1937) and Mertens (1964) identified the Biokoan specimens as L. vigintiserierum . However, in the molecular analysis by Schmitz et al. (2005), the populations included of this taxon showed a marked genetic structure. The Biokoan population and a specimen from Cameroon (Mt. Nlonako) form a clade sister to the rest of the populations of L. vigintiserierum . As a result, the population from Bioko remained as Leptosiaphos sp. ( Schmitz et al. 2005; Jesus et al. 2007) and is herein tentatively treated as Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum until a detailed taxonomic study is published. Specimens of L. cf. vigintiserierum from Río Muni are housed in the Yale Peabody Museum (Connecticut) and in the Natural History Museum (London) (not examined by us). These specimens represent the first records of this taxon from Río Muni.

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Leptosiaphos

Loc

Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022
2022
Loc

Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897 )

Schmitz, A. & Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005: 18
2005
Loc

Panaspis vingintiserierum ( Sjöstedt, 1897 )

Fuhn, I. E. 1972: 265
1972
Loc

Lygosoma vigintiserierum Sjöstedt, 1897: 56

Sjostedt, Y. 1897: 56
1897
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