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Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis
Broadley, 1989
Current name: Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis
Holotype: ZMUC R47836 |
Material in: ZMUC |
Original description
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Additional information
Probably endemic to Tanzania as it is known only from a single specimen that was caught in a pitfall trap in Mwanihana Forest Reserve in the Udzungwa Mountains.
Little is known about its biology, but probably active in the warmer daylight hours, living beneath the surface of the soil or in the layer of dead leaves on the forest floor.
[Reference: Broadley, D. G. 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Panaspis Cope, with the description of a new species of Leptosiaphos (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tanzania. ARNOLDIA ZIMBABWE, 9 (32) 1989: 439-449.]
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Estimated African distribution:
Digitised distribution records not available. |
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