© Rune Midtgaard
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Genus
Lepidothyris
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Red-flanked Skinks
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Prachtskinke
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Rødflankede Skinker*
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1892 |  |
Lepidothyris Cope (type species: Lepidothyris fernandi Cope 1892; syn. Greer 1977) |
Contents:
3 species.
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Lygosoma (e.g., Greer 1977). Revalidated by Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz (2009).
Distribution:
Equatorial Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Lepidothyris fernandi
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Western Red-flanked Skink, Red-and-black Skink, (Fernand's Skink)
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Westlicher Prachtskink
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Vestlig Rødflanket Skink*, (Fernands Slanke Skink)
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1836 | |
Tiliqua fernandi Burton |
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Lepidothyris fernandi Cope 1892 |
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Riopa fernandi Smith 1937 |
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Mochlus fernandi Mittleman 1952 |
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Lygosoma fernandi Boulenger 1887 |
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1845 | |
Plestiodon harlani Hallowell (Loveridge 1957; Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009) |
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Lepidothyris fernandi harlani Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009 |
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1885 | |
Tiliqua nigripes Müller (Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009) |
Remarks:
Previously included striatus and the populations now assigned to hinkeli. Status of the Rio Muni population (Lasso, Rial, Castroviejo & De La Riva 2002) needs to be verified, as it may represent striatus.
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Togo.
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Lepidothyris hinkeli
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Eastern Red-flanked Skink*
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Östlicher Prachtskink*
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Østlig Rødflanket Skink*
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Lepidothyris hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz |
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Lepidothyris hinkeli joei Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz |
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Lepidothyris striatus
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Central African Red-flanked Skink*
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Zentralafikanischer Prachtskink*
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Centralafrikansk Rødflanket Skink*
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1854 | |
Euprepis striata Hallowell |
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Lepidothyris striata Cope 1892 |
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1883 | |
Euprepes elegans Fischer [not Mabuya elegans Gray 1845] (Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009) |
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1884 | |
Euprepes leoninus Fischer [substitute name for Euprepes elegans Fischer 1883] (Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of fernandi (e.g., Loveridge 1957). Revalidated by Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz (2009). Presence in Sierra Leone (type locality of leoninus) is highly doubtful (Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz 2009).
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Gabon.
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