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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.Austin & Arnold (2006). Species The following five species are recognized: The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *''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 ''Sepsina tetradactyla'', the four-fingered skink, is a species of lizard which is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.Austin & Arnold (2006). Species The following five species are recognized: The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *''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 ''Sepsina tetradactyla'', the four-fingered skink, is a species of lizard which is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Etymology The specific name, ''copei'', is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sepsina copei'', p. 59). Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. copei'' is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to . Description ''S. copei'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , and a tail length of . The eye is small, and the lower eyelid is transparent. It has very short legs, with three toes on each foot. Dorsally, it is pale brown. Ventrally, it is whitish. Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ....'' London: Trustees of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepsina Alberti
''Sepsina alberti'', also known commonly as Albert's skink and Albert's burrowing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Namibia. Etymology Unfortunately, Hewitt did not explain to whom the specific name, ''alberti'', refers. It may be in honor of Albert I of Belgium, or Belgian- British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger, or an altogether different Albert.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sepsina alberti'', p. 4). Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''S. alberti'' are rocky areas and savanna, at altitudes of . Description Adults of ''S. alberti'' usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The maximum recorded SVL is . The legs are short, but well developed, with four toes on each foot, and with a claw on each toe. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepsina Bayonii
''Sepsina bayonii'', also known commonly as Bayon's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and Southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''bayonii'', is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, a Portuguese planter in Angola, who collected the holotype. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sepsina bayoni'', p. 20). Geographic range ''S. bayonii'' is found in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. bayonii'' is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to . Description ''S. bayonii'' has no front legs. Each back leg is very small, tapering, and ends in a claw. The largest specimen measured by Boulenger had a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , a tail length of , and a hind leg length of . Behavior ''S. bayonii'' burrows in leaf litter and loose sandy soil. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepsina Angolensis
''Sepsina angolensis'', the Angola skink, is a species of lizard which is found in Namibia, Angola, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5122015 angolensis This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... Reptiles described in 1866 Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepsina Tetradactyla
''Sepsina tetradactyla'', the four-fingered skink, is a species of lizard which is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5129492 tetradactyla Reptiles described in 1874 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., ''Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Other gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scincinae
Scincinae is a subfamily of lizards. The subfamily contains 33 genera, and the genera contain a combined total of 284 species, commonly called skinks. The systematics is at times controversial. The group is probably paraphyletic. It is one of three subfamilies of the family Scincidae, the other two being Acontinae and Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Scincinae contains the following 35 genera, of which seven are monotypic. *''Amphiglossus'' (2 species) *''Ateuchosaurus'' (2 species) *'' Barkudia'' (2 species) *'' Brachymeles'' (42 species) *''Brachyseps'' (8 species) *'' Chalcides'' (32 species) *'' Chalcidoceps'' (monotypic) *''Eumeces'' (6 species) *''Eurylepis'' (2 species) *'' Feylinia'' (6 species) *'' Flexiseps'' (15 species) *'' Gongylomorphus'' (monotypic) *'' Grandidierina'' (4 species) *''Hakaria'' (monotypic) *''Janetaescincus'' (2 species) *''Jarujinia'' (monotypic) *'' Madascincus'' (12 species) *'' Melanoseps'' (8 species) *''Mesoscincus'' (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Vicente Barbosa Du Bocage
José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (2 May 1823 – 3 November 1907) was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museu Nacional de Lisboa in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Portugal. The zoology collection at the Lisbon Museum is called the Bocage Museum in his honor. Du Bocage was born in Funchal, Madeira. He studied at the University of Coimbra from 1839 to 1846. He became lecturer of the chair of Zoology at the Polytechnic School, Lisbon (later the Science Faculty of the University of Lisbon) in 1851, where he taught for more than 30 years. In 1858, he became also the scientific director and curator of Zoology of the Natural History Museum of the Polytechnic School. which was established as a support for the chair. His work at the Museum consisted in acquiring, describing and coordinating collections, many of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scincus
''Scincus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus contains four or five species, all of which are typical desert inhabitants, living in sandy and dune-like areas with a hot and dry climate. Species in the genus ''Scincus'' can be found from Arabia to the Sahara desert. Taxonomy ''Scincus'' is the type genus of the subfamily Scincinae. As the subfamily Scincinae appears to be paraphyletic and is in need of revision, it is as yet undetermined which skink genera are closely enough related to ''Scincus'' to be retained in the Scincinae. (Austin & Arnold 2006). Species The genus ''Scincus'' contains five species which are recognized as being valid."''Scincus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *''Scincus albifasciatus'' *''Scincus conirostris'' – sandfish skink *''Scincus hemprichii'' *''Scincus mitranus'' – eastern sandfish or eastern skink *''Scincus scincus'' – common sandfish or common skink ''Nota bene'': A binomial auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewitt (herpetologist)
John Hewitt (23 December 1880 – 4 August 1961) was a South African zoologist and archaeologist of British origin. He was born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England, and died in Grahamstown, South Africa. He was the author of several herpetological papers which described new species. He also described new species of spiders and other arachnids. Biography He graduated with a first-class in natural sciences from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1903. From 1905 to 1908 he was Curator of the Sarawak Museum in Kuching, Sarawak. In 1909 he went to South Africa to work as an assistant curator at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria. In 1910 he was appointed Director of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, eventually retiring in 1958.Deacon HJ, Deacon J (1999)''Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age.''Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. viii + 215 pp. His daughter, Florence Ellen Hewitt (1910–1979), was a teacher and phycologist. He was a founder mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
