# Sepsina

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Genus of lizards

Sepsina Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Scincinae Genus: Sepsina Bocage, 1866[1] Species 5, see text. Synonyms Dumerilia Bocage, 1866 Rhinoscincus W. Peters, 1874 Scincodipus W. Peters, 1875[2] Hakaria Steindachner, 1899[1]

***Sepsina*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [skinks](/source/Skink) ([family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) Scincidae). The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to southern [Africa](/source/Africa).[3]

## Taxonomy

This genus is presently placed in the [subfamily](/source/Subfamily) [Scincinae](/source/Scincinae), a subfamily which seems to be [paraphyletic](/source/Paraphyly) however. *Sepsina* belongs to a major [clade](/source/Clade) of this group which does not seem to include the [type](/source/Type_(biology)) genus *[Scincus](/source/Scincus)*. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.[4]

## Species

The following five [species](/source/Species) are recognized:[3]

- *[Sepsina alberti](/source/Sepsina_alberti)* [Hewitt](/source/John_Hewitt_(herpetologist)), 1929 – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink

- *[Sepsina angolensis](/source/Sepsina_angolensis)* [Bocage](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Vicente_Barbosa_du_Bocage), 1866 – Angola skink

- *[Sepsina bayonii](/source/Sepsina_bayonii)* (Bocage, 1866) – Bayon's skink

- *[Sepsina copei](/source/Sepsina_copei)* Bocage, 1873 – sepsina skink, Cope's reduced-limb skink

- *[Sepsina tetradactyla](/source/Sepsina_tetradactyla)* [W. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1874 – four-fingered skink

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DTL_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DTL_1-1) "*Sepsina* ". *Dahms Tierleben*. www.dahmstierleben.de.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (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).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_3-1) Genus *[Sepsina](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Sepsina&exact=genus&submit=Search)* at [The Reptile Database](http://www.reptile-database.org/) The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Austin & [Arnold](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Nicholas_Arnold) (2006).

## Further reading

- Austin JJ, [Arnold EN](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Nicholas_Arnold) (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](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2005.12.011) (HTML abstract)

- [Bocage JVB](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Vicente_Barbosa_du_Bocage) (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](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy_Branch) (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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88359-042-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88359-042-5). (Genus *Sepsina*, p. 145; *Sepsina alberti*, p. 145 + Plate 49; *Sepsina angolensis*, p. 146 + Plate 101).

Taxon identifiers Sepsina Wikidata: Q2430473 Wikispecies: Sepsina CoL: 7FNC EoL: 35474 GBIF: 2464509 iNaturalist: 37624 IRMNG: 1319815 NCBI: 230630

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