Leptosiaphos hackarsi

Leptosiaphos hackarsi, also known commonly as Hackars' five toed skink or Hackars's five-toed skink, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to central Africa.

Leptosiaphos hackarsi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptosiaphos
Species:
L. hackarsi
Binomial name
Leptosiaphos hackarsi
(de Witte, 1941)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma meleagris hackarsi
    de Witte, 1941
  • Panaspis (Leptosiaphos) hackarsi
    — Brygoo, 1985
  • Leptosiaphos hackarsi
    — Broadley, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, hackarsi, is in honor of Belgian administrator Henri-Martin Hackars (1881–1940).[3]

Geographic range

L. hackarsi is found in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,[1][2] northern Rwanda,[1] and southwestern Uganda.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. hackarsi is savanna.[1]

Behavior

L. hackarsi is diurnal, terrestrial, and semi-fossorial.[1]

Diet

L. hackarsi preys upon small arthropods.[1]

Reproduction

L. hackarsi is oviparous.[1][2]

References
  1. Wagner P (2021). "Leptosiaphos hackarsi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394528A16394543.en. Accessed on 06 December 2023.
  2. Leptosiaphos hackarsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptosiaphos hackarsi, p. 113).

Further reading
  • de Witte G–F (1941). Exporation du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933–1935). Fascicule 33: Batraciens et Reptiles. Brussels. 261 pp. (Lygosoma meleagris hackarsi, new subspecies, pp. 138–141, Figures 39–40 + Plate II, figures 4–6).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Leptosiaphos hackarsi, p. 160).



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