''Leptosiaphos koutoui'' is a

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in the

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Scincidae. The species is

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Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

and is only known from the Adamaoua Massif near

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Etymology

The specific name, ''koutoui'', is in honor of Denis Koulagna Koutou, former Director of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Cameroon.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptosiaphos koutoui'', p. 146).

Reproduction

''L. koutoui'' is

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References

Leptosiaphos Skinks of Africa Reptiles of Cameroon Endemic fauna of Cameroon Reptiles described in 2004 Taxa named by Ivan Ineich Taxa named by Andreas Schmitz Taxa named by Laurent Chirio Taxa named by Matthew Lebreton {{skink-stub