Leptoseps poilani

Leptoseps poilani is a species of skink found in Vietnam.[2]

Leptoseps poilani

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptoseps
Species:
L. poilani
Binomial name
Leptoseps poilani
(Bourret, 1937)
Synonyms[1]

Siaphos poilani Bourret, 1937

Taxonomy

It was first formally named by René Léon Bourret in 1937 as Siaphos poilani.[1] The specific name poilani is in honor of French botanist Eugène Poilane (1887–1964).[3]

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References

  1. Nguyen, T.Q. 2018. Leptoseps poilani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104763838A104853670. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104763838A104853670.en. Downloaded on 14 June 2020.
  2. Leptoseps poilani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 196, 209. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
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