Leptosiaphos blochmanni

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Wagner P, Safari I, Chenga J (2019). "Leptosiaphos blochmanni (amended version of 2014 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T16394413A151737534. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T16394413A151737534.en. Downloaded on 11 March 2020.

| genus = Leptosiaphos

| species = blochmanni

| authority = (Tornier, 1903)

| synonyms = *Lygosoma blochmanni
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Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) blochmanni
{{small|— Schmidt, 1943}}
Panaspis blochmanni
{{small|— Greer, 1974}}
Leptosiaphos blochmanni
{{small|— Broadley, 1998}}

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Leptosiaphos blochmanni, also known commonly as the Zaire three-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, blochmanni, is in honor of German zoologist Friedrich Johann Wilhelm Blochmann.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}}. (Leptosiaphos bachmanni, p. 28).

Geographic range

L. blochmanni is found in southwestern Rwanda. It may also occur in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Burundi.

Description

The holotype of L. blochmanni has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|4.8|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and a tail length of {{convert|9.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}. There are three digits on each of the four feet.Tornier (1903).

Behavior

L. blochmanni is terrestrial and semifossorial.

Diet

L. blochmanni probably preys upon insects.

Reproduction

L. blochmanni is oviparous.

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