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Species of lizard

Leptosiaphos koutoui
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Leptosiaphos
Species:	L. koutoui
Binomial name
*Leptosiaphos koutoui* Ineich, Schmitz, Chirio & LeBreton, 2004

Leptosiaphos koutoui is only known from the Adamaoua Massif in Cameroon.

Leptosiaphos koutoui is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon and is only known from the Adamaoua Massif near Meiganga.

Etymology

The specific name, koutoui, is in honor of Denis Koulagna Koutou (born 1958), former Director of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Cameroon.

The preferred natural habitat of L. koutoui is forest, at altitudes around 1,050 m (3,440 ft).

L. koutoui is oviparous.

^ LeBreton, M.; Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Leptosiaphos koutoui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T16394654A16394656. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T16394654A16394656.en. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^ Ineich, Ivan; Schmitz, Andreas; Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2004). "New species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from Adamaoua Massif, Central-Northern Province, Cameroon". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (4): 546–550. doi:10.1670/184-03A. S2CID 55672951. (Leptosiaphos koutoui, new species).
^ Leptosiaphos koutoui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
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 koutoui, p. 146).