Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897)

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 24-25

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13270281

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scientific name

Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897)
status

 

Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897) View in CoL (two specimens)

Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0294 ( Mt. Oku , elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, September 1st, 1997) – MNHN-RA 2004.0062 (Bamboutos, waterfall and sacred forest, 5.622°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – Bamboutos, slopes of Mt. Mekua, 5.698°N and 10.101°E, elev. 2,300 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002 GoogleMaps ).

This species is endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal ( Schmitz et al. 2005) ( Fig. 17 View Fig ). It is found from Bioko Island ( Equatorial Guinea), Mt. Cameroon, and Mt. Oku (Mt. Nkolodou, Mt. Kala, Mt. Kupe, and Mt. Nlonako). It mainly occurs in the high meadows of the peaks above the evergreen forest areas. It reaches 2,450 m at Mts. Bamboutos and can be relatively abundant locally.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Leptosiaphos

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