Leptosiaphos amieti, also known commonly as the Cameroon five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.
Etymology The specific name, amieti, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptosiaphos amieti, p. 7).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. amieti is forest, at altitudes of .
Description L. amieti is reddish brown dorsally, and whitish ventrally. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . The tail length is 1.5 times SVL.Perret (1973).
Reproduction L. amieti is oviparous.
References
Further reading Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. . (in French). Perret J-L (1973). "Contribution à l'étude des Panaspis (Reptilia, Scincidae) d'Afrique occidentale avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles ". Revue suisse de Zoologie 80 (2): 595–630. (Panaspis amieti, new species, pp. 617–620, Figure 5). (in French).