''Herpetoskylax'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchians which existed in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

. The type species is ''Herpetoskylax hopsoni''. It lived in the Late Permian Period. The genus name means ‘reptile-puppy’, from the Ancient Greek ' (, ‘creeping animal’) and ' (, ‘young dog’). The juxtaposition of reptilian and mammalian names highlights the transitional characters of therapsids. The type specimen is CGP 1/67, a skull.

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Biarmosuchians Prehistoric therapsid genera Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2006 Taxa named by Christian Sidor Lopingian genus first appearances Lopingian genus extinctions {{Paleo-therapsid-stub