Sepsina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Sepsina Bocage, 1866[1] |
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Sepsina is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to southern Africa.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]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.[4]
Species
[edit]The following five species are recognized:[3]
- 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
[edit]- ^ a b "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).
- ^ a b Genus Sepsina at The Reptile Database The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Austin & Arnold (2006).
Further reading
[edit]- 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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