''Lacertaspis'' is a
genus
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of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s
endemic
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to
Central Africa
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.
["''Lacertaspis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The following five
species
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are recognized.
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Lacertaspis chriswildi''
( Böhme & Schmitz Schmitz is a common German surname (''smith''), which may refer to:
* Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980), German musicologist, Beethoven researcher
* Bob Schmitz (1939–2004), American football player
* Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), German architect
* ...
, 1996) - Chris Wild's snake-eyed skink
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Lacertaspis gemmiventris''
( Sjöstedt, 1897) - Sjostedt's five-toed skink
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Lacertaspis lepesmei''
(Angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
, 1940) - Angel's five-toed skink
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Lacertaspis reichenowii
''Lacertaspis reichenowii'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in central Africa.
References
Lacertaspis
Reptiles described in 1874
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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( W. Peters, 1874)
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Lacertaspis rohdei''
( L. Müller, 1910) - Gaboon lidless skink
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Nota bene
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binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lacertaspis.
References
Further reading
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Perret JL (1975). "''La différentiation dans le genre'' Panaspis ''Cope (Reptilia, Scincidae)''". ''Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. Nat.'' 98: 5-16. (''Lacertaspis'', new genus). (in French).
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Jean-Luc Perret
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