- Source: Sepsina
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
Further reading
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).
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mengkarung
- Sepsina
- Sepsina copei
- Sepsina tetradactyla
- Hakaria
- Sepsina angolensis
- Sepsina alberti
- Sepsina bayonii
- Feylinia
- Skink
- Philochortus
