Cophoscincopus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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|taxon = Cophoscincopus

|authority = Mertens, 1934"Cophoscincopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae. (in German).

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Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa.{{NRDB genus|genus=Cophoscincopus|accessdate=19 March 2014}}{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://eol.org/pages/50281/overview|title=Cophoscincopus — Keeled Water Skinks|author=|year=|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Life|publisher=|access-date=19 March 2014}} As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.{{cite journal|author1=Bauer, Aaron M.|authorlink1=:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|author2=Jackman, Todd R.|year=2008|title=Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=595|issue=1|pages=581–586|doi=10.1007/s10750-007-9115-0|s2cid=46493725}}