Sepsina
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Sepsina
| taxon = Sepsina
| authority = Bocage, 1866"Sepsina ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
5, see text.
| synonyms = *Dumerilia Bocage, 1866
- Rhinoscincus W. Peters, 1874
- Scincodipus W. Peters, 1875Boulenger 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).
- Hakaria Steindachner, 1899
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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.Austin & Arnold (2006).
Species
The following five species are recognized:{{EMBL genus|genus=Sepsina}} The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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
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Further reading
- {{aut|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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Category:Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
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