Leptoseps osellai, known as Osella's skink, is a species of skink found in Thailand.[2]

Leptoseps osellai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Leptoseps
Species:
L. osellai
Binomial name
Leptoseps osellai
(Böhme, 1981)

Etymology edit

The specific name osellai is in honor of Italian entomologist Giuseppe Osella.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Cota, M.; Sumontha, M. (2018). "Leptoseps osellai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104763521A104853665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104763521A104853665.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Leptoseps osellai 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.