Sepsina alberti
{{short description|Species of reptile}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Conradie W, Becker F, Baptista N, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP (2020). "Sepsina alberti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T174135A120594155. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T174135A120594155.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2020.
| genus = Sepsina
| species = alberti
| authority = Hewitt, 1929
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| range_map = Sepsina alberti distribution.png
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Sepsina alberti, also known commonly as Albert's skink and Albert's burrowing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.{{NRDB species|genus=Sepsina|species=alberti|accessdate=20 October 2020}}
Etymology
Unfortunately, Hewitt did not explain to whom the specific name, alberti, refers. It may be in honor of Albert I of Belgium, or Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger, or an altogether different Albert.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Sepsina alberti, p. 4).
Habitat
Description
Adults of S. alberti usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|4|–|5|cm}}. The maximum recorded SVL is {{convert|5.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The legs are short, but well developed, with four toes on each foot, and with a claw on each toe.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}}. (Sepsina alberti, p. 145 + Plate 49).
Reproduction
S. alberti is viviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Hewitt H (1929). "On some Scincidae from South Africa, Madagascar and Ceylon". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13 (1): 1–8. (Sepsina alberti, p. 4).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1929
Category:Taxa named by John Hewitt (herpetologist)
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