Sepsina copei
Sepsina copei, also known commonly as Cope's reduced-limb skink or the sepsina skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Angola.[2]
| Sepsina copei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sepsina |
| Species: | S. copei |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepsina copei Bocage, 1873 | |
Etymology
The specific name, copei, is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.[3]
References
- Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Sepsina copei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44979338A44979340. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979338A44979340.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Sepsina copei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sepsina copei, p. 59).
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