{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Sepsina'' | taxon = Sepsina | authority = [[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1866<ref name="DTL">"''Sepsina'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = 5, see text. | synonyms = *''Dumerilia'' <small>Bocage, 1866</small> *''Rhinoscincus'' <small>[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1874</small> *''Scincodipus'' <small>W. Peters, 1875</small><ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger 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).</ref> *''Hakaria'' <small>[[Franz Steindachner|Steindachner]], 1899</small><ref name="DTL"/> }}
'''''Sepsina''''' is a [[genus]] of [[skink]]s ([[Family (taxonomy)|family]] Scincidae). The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern [[Africa]].<ref name="RDB"/>
==Taxonomy== This genus is presently placed in the [[subfamily]] [[Scincinae]], a subfamily which seems to be [[Paraphyly|paraphyletic]] however. ''Sepsina'' belongs to a major [[clade]] of this group which does not seem to include the [[type (biology)|type]] genus ''[[Scincus]]''. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.<ref>Austin & [[:fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold|Arnold]] (2006).</ref>
==Species== The following five [[species]] are recognized:<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Sepsina}} The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
*''[[Sepsina alberti]]'' <small>[[John Hewitt (herpetologist)|Hewitt]], 1929</small> – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink *''[[Sepsina angolensis]]'' <small>[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|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>[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1874</small> – four-fingered skink
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{aut|Austin JJ, [[:fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold|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. <small>{{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011}}</small> (HTML abstract) *[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|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). *[[:fr:William Roy Branch|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:Sepsina]] [[Category:Lizard genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage]]
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