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 <small>Hewitt, 1929</small> – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink
• Sepsina angolensis <small>Bocage, 1866</small> – Angola skink
• Sepsina bayonii <small>(Bocage, 1866)</small> – Bayon's skink
• Sepsina copei <small>Bocage, 1873</small> – sepsina skink, Cope's reduced-limb skink
• Sepsina tetradactyla <small>W. Peters, 1874</small> – four-fingered skink

References

Further reading

• (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. <small></small> (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.&nbsp;62; Sepsina angolensis, new species, p.&nbsp;63; Dumerilia, new genus, p.&nbsp;63; Dumerilia bayonii, new species, pp.&nbsp;63–64). (in French).
• (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Sepsina, p.&nbsp;145; Sepsina alberti, p.&nbsp;145 + Plate 49; Sepsina angolensis, p.&nbsp;146 + Plate 101).