Sepsina

Sepsina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Sepsina; Bocage, 1866
Species
	5, see text.
Synonyms
	Dumerilia Bocage, 1866; Rhinoscincus W. Peters, 1874; Scincodipus W. Peters, 1875; Hakaria Steindachner, 1899;

Sepsina is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to southern Africa.

Taxonomy

This genus is presently placed in the subfamily Scincinae, a subfamily which seems to be paraphyletic however. Sepsina belongs to a major clade of this group which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.

Species

The following five species are recognized:

Sepsina alberti Hewitt, 1929 – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink
Sepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 – Angola skink
Sepsina bayonii (Bocage, 1866) – Bayon's skink
Sepsina copei Bocage, 1873 – sepsina skink, Cope's reduced-limb skink
Sepsina tetradactyla W. Peters, 1874 – four-fingered skink

References

1 2 "Sepsina ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
↑ Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. (Genus Sepsina, p. 417).
1 2 Genus Sepsina at The Reptile Database The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Austin & Arnold (2006).

Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
Bocage JVB (1866). "Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1: 57–78. (Sepsina, new genus, p. 62; Sepsina angolensis, new species, p. 63; Dumerilia, new genus, p. 63; Dumerilia bayonii, new species, pp. 63–64). (in French).
Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Sepsina, p. 145; Sepsina alberti, p. 145 + Plate 49; Sepsina angolensis, p. 146 + Plate 101).

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[DTL-1] 1 2 "Sepsina ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.

[2] Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. (Genus Sepsina, p. 417).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Genus Sepsina at The Reptile Database The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[4] Austin & Arnold (2006).

Sepsina

Taxonomy

Species

References

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